Module Lead (Guidance & Control)

Location: On-site in Lausanne, Paris or Zurich; based in or willing to relocate to one of these locations

Company

hirify.global is a defense prime developing autonomous and scalable defense systems for allied forces.

What you will do

• Build and lead the Guidance & Control team, including hiring, technical standards, and engineer development.
• Define and own the module roadmap, scope, milestones, priorities, trade-offs, and delivery accountability.
• Set the approach to guidance, motion planning, trajectory generation, guidance laws, flight modes, and failsafe behavior.
• Define, tune, and verify control laws across the airframe family, from inner rate and attitude loops to outer position loops.
• Own interfaces and requirements with adjacent modules, product teams, and systems teams.
• Plan flight-verification campaigns with the flight-test team and analyze flight logs to challenge diagnoses.

Requirements

• MSc or PhD in aerospace, controls, robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience shipping guidance or control software on real multirotor or fixed-wing vehicles.
• Ability to challenge design reviews and analyze flight logs.
• Experience building or leading an engineering team, hiring and developing engineers, and owning a module or program against a hard deadline.
• Rigorous, hardware-focused approach with skepticism toward results demonstrated only in simulation.
• Fluent English required; French is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on ethical, high-impact technology intended to provide a defensive advantage to allied nations.
• High-ownership environment focused on rigor, excellence, ambitious goals, and execution.
• Full-time commitment to hirify.global's mission is expected.