Founding Controls / Aerospace Engineer

Swindon-based with regular travel to Kyiv | Full-time Up to £70,000 + 3% equity | Travel, housing & training covered

Build tech that saves lives. I've partnered with an exciting mission led start-up. They're prototyping a solution that will directly save lives by fighting back against unmanned drone attacks. Their early in the journey, they have a mission, small team and basic prototype that they are still iterating. You'll be part of every aspect of design & development to bring this product to life over the next 6 months and production over the next 12 months.

They're building hand-launched micro-missiles to intercept drones at short range, small enough to fit in a vest, affordable enough for wide use, and fast enough to matter. Working directly with Ukrainian brigades and testing at a private UK site to build real hardware that stops drones from killing civilians.

We're now looking for a Founding Controls / Aerospace Engineer to join the core team. You'll lead the development of control algorithms, flight surfaces, and onboard system behaviour from simulation environments to hardware-in-the-loop and live-fire field testing.

What you'll do:

Design and implement control algorithms for fin-guided flight Simulate and optimize aerodynamic surfaces and system dynamics Integrate sensors, actuators, and flight control h...