Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer - Navigation and Estimation- Air Dominance & Strike
Core
Design, develop, test, and integrate navigation systems and architectures for subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic autonomous aerospace systems (UAS, missiles, spacecraft).
Role type
Senior IC GNC Engineer (Navigation & Estimation)
Builds
Mission-critical autonomous air power, advanced tactical missile systems, strategic weapons, and hypersonic strike/defense systems
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Autonomous Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Inertial navigation, GPS/GNSS, Kalman filtering (EKF), sensor fusion, MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, real-time embedded systems, telemetry analysis, covariance analysis, INS design, error modeling
Preferred skills
Autonomous vehicle navigation, robotics pose localization, 6-DOF simulation, GNSS receiver integration, PCB design
Technologies
MATLAB, Simulink, C, C++, INS, GNSS, LiDAR, cameras
Responsibilities
Lead navigation system design with cradle-to-grave ownership; analyze mission requirements to determine optimal navigation architecture; support evaluation and integration of alternative navigation aiding sources via lab and flight tests; perform trade studies, modeling, and simulation to validate algorithm accuracy and robustness; collect and analyze platform telemetry data; support design and testing of inertial navigation systems (INS); develop algorithms for navigation, guidance, and control including EKF and sensor fusion; improve calibration procedures for sensor suites; collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate navigation software and hardware.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
