Founding Aerospace/Controls Engineer

Location: UK and Ukraine

Mission

Every month, drones injure and kill thousands of Ukrainians. Munin builds point-defense systems to stop that. Our first product is a hand-launched micro-missile designed to intercept small drones at close range. It is small enough to carry three in a vest and cheap enough for mass deployment. Our goal is to change the battlefield in Ukraine through high-volume production, then deliver proven systems to NATO.

Role summary

We are hiring a Founding Aerospace Controls/Firmware Engineer. You will be responsible for the flight control algorithms and control firmware that gets the missile on target.

You will start in the English countryside, living with the team of 6 next to our workshop and test site. After a few months, you will relocate to Kyiv to work directly with the Ukrainian military and scale production using front-line feedback. You will not operate near front-line areas, and you will work from Ukraine only while the security situation remains stable.

What you will do

• Refine, implement in firmware, and test control algorithms in live fire tests
• Develop detonation and safety logic
• Guide flight controller development and integrate sensors
• Guide design of aerodynamics surfaces
• Use simulation selectively where it accelerates learning, but prioritize real-world testing
• Integrate seeker and flight controls

Requirements

• Significant hands-on experience building firmware and implementing control algorithms on physical systems
• Experience shipping real systems under time pressure
• High personal drive and tolerance for long, intense work periods
• Comfortable owning ambiguous problems end-to-end

Nice to have

• Startup experience or fast-paced R&D experience
• Experience with, CAD, electronics or computer vision
• Serious engineering projects outside work or university
• Military background

Track record

We have contracts with the Norwegian and UK MoDs. In four months, we went from concept to a robust missile prototype that is smaller and cheaper than anything comparable, can be fired with one hand, and reliably intercepts FPV drones.

Recent work includes

• Working with the Ukrainian armed forces to go from pre-idea to warhead design, production, and live-fire testing in 24 hours
• Car-mounted missile testing at 200 km/h
• Building an air cannon in two days, then destructively testing 50 missiles to diagnose a hardware issue
• Six launches in a single day, with design iterations between each launch

Apply

Our team is from the Special Forces, Stanford, 1X, Imperial College, FLIR, student engineering teams and non traditional paths. What we share is the ability to build real systems fast, take ownership and work toward a safer Europe.

If you want to build something that matters, fill out this form: 

https://munindynamics.com/apply