PHD Position in Spacecraft Guidance and Control (d/f/m)

Job Description:

In order to support the AOCS/GNC & FD Analysis department, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a

PHD Position in Spacecraft Guidance and Control (d/f/m), title of thesis Goal-oriented Guidance and Control for Rendezvous and Close Proximity Spacecraft Operations

You are looking for a PhD position and would you like to work on cutting edge GNC system design for complex missions? Then apply now! We look forward to you supporting us in the AOCS/GNC & FD Analysis department as a PhD student (d/f/m)!

• Location: Friedrichshafen
  
• Start: 01.11.2026
  
• Duration: 3 years
  

The Department

The AOCS/GNC & Flight Dynamics Analysis department in Friedrichshafen is part of the transnational discipline in Airbus for Attitude and Orbit Control Systems (AOCS), Guidance/Navigation/Control (GNC), Flight Dynamics (FD), and control engineering for all kinds of systems. We develop both standardised as well as mission enabling AOCS/GNC & FD systems with the aim of living up to the customer expectations and delivering on quality, on time, and on cost. This includes research, design, development, verification and validation of the end2end AOCS/GNC & FD chain covering analyses, performance campaigns, tests on hardware-in-the-loop benches and supporting LEOP (Launch and Early Operations) as well as nominal mission operations. Our cutting-edge AOCS/GNC and Flight Dynamic systems serve Science, Earth Observation, Telecommunication and Navigation missions on to Constellations.

Your location

At the Airbus site in Friedrichshafen you will be working on innovation where others spend their holidays. Enjoy panoramic views of Lake Constance while having lunch in our canteen. And after work, join one of our many corporate sports groups to go running, sailing or skiing.