Internship - Orbital phases guidance and control industrialization

🚀 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.

Inside MaiaSpace development teams you will join the GNC team that defines the GNC algorithms for the whole ELV and RLV missions, integrates the algorithms in the Flight Engineering Simulator and runs the Validation Plan. Furthermore, this team is interfaced with many other launcher teams such as propulsion team, mission team or actuators teams, and is responsible of expressing requirements towards the system definition to ensure launcher controllability. As part of this team you will be at the heart of the preparation for the first launches. 

Withing GNC team we propose the following training topic for 2026: 

Orbital phases guidance and control industrialization 

In collaboration with Orbital Guidance and Control Engineers you will be taking part to the industrialization of guidance and control algorithms for launcher stages’ orbital maneuvers. Depending on the needs at the time of the internship, you will take part to one or more of the following tasks: 

• Algorithms tuning and validation, in preparation of Maiaspace first orbital launches 

• Embedded code generation from algorithmic mockups 

• Existing tools enhancement, especially 3/6dof flight simulators and mission preparation tools 

• Development of guidance and control algorithms for future IOS missions of the launcher’s kickstage 

Skills 

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

• Control theory and filtering 

• General knowledge about spacecrafts 

• Space mechanics 

• Good English level 

Know-how  

• Team spirit, sharing and solidarity 

• Curiosity, Adaptation 

• Pragmatism 

• Rigor and precision 

Conditions 

• 6 months from March 2026

• Location : La Défense/Courbevoie 

🎬 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. Also, we have a second location integration site in Vernon (27). Regular trips between the two locations are to be expected. These displacements may be extended to Kourou when the time comes. The company allows home office when it is compatible with your responsibilities.

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