{"id":3465108,"url":"https://alion.io/job/flyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer","title":"Guidance & Control Algorithms Engineer","company":{"id":706393,"name":"Flyer One Ventures","domain":"flyerone.vc","url":"https://alion.io/company/flyer-one-ventures","size_band":"1-10","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":true,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Career sitemap","truth_index":null},"role":"Robotics","role_family":"Robotics","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Madrid, Spain"],"countries":["ES"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"ArduPilot","optional":true},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":true},{"name":"Model Predictive Control","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"ROS2","optional":true},{"name":"Sensor Fusion","optional":true},{"name":"Sim-to-Real","optional":true},{"name":"Simulink","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-29","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T21:00:50Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":34,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":34},"description":"We’re partnering with an early-stage European defence-tech company developing autonomous robotic systems for real-world operational environments.\nThe team is building next-generation autonomy technology, with a current focus on aerial robotics and counter-drone systems. Their work combines advanced algorithms, robotics, perception, control and physical hardware to create autonomous systems capable of operating reliably in complex and dynamic environments.\nWe’re looking for an engineer with a strong mathematical and algorithmic background who wants to take ownership of the guidance and control algorithms behind autonomous robotic systems.\nThis is an opportunity to work on challenging engineering problems where mathematical models and algorithms must ultimately perform on real hardware\nWhat you'll own:\nGuidance & autonomy algorithms: Design, develop and improve algorithms that enable autonomous systems to make decisions and execute reliable trajectories in dynamic environments.\n\nTrajectory generation & optimization: Work on trajectory calculation, planning and optimization, accounting for system dynamics and operational constraints.\n\nOptimal control: Develop and implement control algorithms using classical or modern approaches, translating mathematical models into practical solutions.\n\nState estimation & navigation: Contribute to algorithms that estimate the system's state and support reliable guidance and control using available sensor information.\n\nSimulation & validation: Build, test and refine algorithms in simulation before integrating and validating them on physical robotic platforms.\n\nReal-world integration: Collaborate with robotics, perception and embedded engineers to ensure algorithms operate reliably as part of the wider autonomous system.\n\nTechnical ownership: Take responsibility for your algorithms from mathematical formulation and prototyping through implementation, testing and continuous improvement.\n\nWho we are looking for:\nStrong background in applied mathematics, control theory, algorithms or a closely related engineering discipline.\n\nExperience developing guidance, control, trajectory planning or optimization algorithms.\n\nSolid understanding of optimal control and the mathematical principles behind dynamic systems.\n\nStrong programming skills in Python, with the ability to translate mathematical concepts into working algorithms.\n\nExperience with MATLAB/Simulink, C++ or similar engineering and scientific computing tools.\n\nAbility to work independently on complex mathematical and engineering problems.\n\nInterest in developing algorithms for real autonomous systems, beyond purely theoretical research.\n\nComfortable working in English within a multidisciplinary engineering team.\n\nWe’re open to engineers from different backgrounds, including robotics, aerospace, control engineering, applied mathematics and physics. You don’t necessarily need to have held a formal Guidance or GNC Engineer title if you have the mathematical and algorithmic foundation to take ownership of this work.\nNice to have:\nExperience with UAVs, drones or other autonomous vehicles.\n\nBackground in Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC).\n\nExperience with Model Predictive Control (MPC), trajectory optimization or advanced control methods.\n\nFamiliarity with state estimation, Kalman filtering or sensor fusion.\n\nExperience with C++ and real-time software development.\n\nFamiliarity with ROS2, PX4 or ArduPilot.\n\nExperience with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing or sim-to-real development.\n\nPrevious experience in aerospace, defence or other safety-critical engineering environments.\n\nWhat kind of engineer will thrive here:\nMathematically curious - you enjoy understanding why algorithms work, not just implementing existing solutions.\n\nOwnership-driven - you want to take responsibility for the algorithms you develop and see them through to real-world application.\n\nAnalytical and pragmatic - you can move between mathematical theory, software implementation and practical engineering constraints.\n\nComfortable with ambiguity - you can approach problems that don't yet have an established solution or a perfectly defined set of requirements.\n\nCollaborative - you enjoy working with engineers across robotics, perception, embedded systems and hardware.\n\nMotivated by real-world impact - you want to see your algorithms move beyond research and simulation into working autonomous systems.\n\nWhy join now\nYou’ll be joining a small, highly technical team at a stage where individual engineers can have a meaningful influence on the product, architecture and technical direction.\nThe opportunity is to take ownership of challenging guidance and control problems, working across the full development cycle - from mathematical formulation and algorithm design to software implementation and real-world validation.\nYou’ll collaborate closely with engineers across robotics, AI, perception and embedded systems, helping build European autonomous defence technology with real operational applications.\nIf you enjoy solving complex mathematical problems and want to see your algorithms become part of real autonomous systems, we’d love to hear from you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5183,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Blockchain & Crypto","Venture Capital"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T15:06:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":26,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.466,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":34,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/flyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/flyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T21:02:02Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29437,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":706393},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=706393"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fflyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fflyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fflyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/flyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fflyer-one-ventures-guidance-control-algorithms-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3465108}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"flyerone.vc","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3465108},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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