🚀 MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data. Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle by 2026.🚀

Flight Engineering Software Development and Validation Engineer

Inside MaiaSpace you will join the team that defines and validates the GNC algorithms. You will participate to the 6 dof flight simulation capability, from tool development to simulation campaigns, up to GNC algorithm integration and validation.  

In this perimeter your responsibilities will include: 

• 6dof flight simulation :  

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the global simulation suite for MaiaSpace software factory. 

• Prototype, develop and test in house solution to cover the needs. 

• Integrate and implement external physical models (mechanical, propulsive, dynamics, ...) in the 6-dof simulation environment. 

• Teamwork with Avionic team to integrate GNC and flight management sequence in the 6-dof Loop. 

• Partipate to simulation campaigns and their exploitation for testing, development, qualification and operation of the launcher GNC.  

• Participate in the development of hardware demonstration test campaigns to validate the selected concepts in collaboration with the production teams. 

Requirements:

🛸Specific Skills & Know-how

• Proficiency in programming languages (Matlab, C/C++, Python, Java, Xml, ...). 

• Space mechanics and space vehicle modelling 

• Good level of English 

• Team spirit, sharing and solidarity 

• Curiosity, Adaptation 

• Pragmatism 

• Rigor and precision 

🎓Qualification: 

• Software developper engineer, specialization in aerospace preferred. 

• Level : 5-7 years’ experience in the software development tools for aerospace industry. 

🎬 Working at MaiaSpace

You will be joining a friendly multi-disciplinary team, comprised of multi-skilled people, following Agile and Scrum methodologies. This means that your role and responsibility may evolve over time with varied assignments and challenges depending on priorities and competences. Your work will be hands-on and in close contact with the final product. We are open-minded, transparent, pragmatic, result oriented and people centric. Teamwork is at the heart of how we work together and our co-workers share the same fundamental values: respect, humility, reactivity and autonomy with a passion for technical excellence. Our newly acquired office space at La Defense is located within the heart of Europe’s largest purpose built business and commercial district with easy access to public transport.

Written and spoken communication is in French and English.