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Recent Graduate - Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer

Greater Denver Area💼 Full-time💰 $80,000–$80,000🗓 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, development, analysis, integration, test, and operation of spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems for dual-use robotic space vehicles.

Role type

Recent Graduate GNC Engineer

Builds

Robotic space vehicles for maneuvering, upgrading, refueling, resupply, and exploration

Domain

Aerospace / Space Systems / GNC

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Rigid-body dynamics, controls, estimation, navigation, orbital mechanics, numerical methods, GNC fundamentals, simulation, test validation, technical communication

Preferred skills

Spacecraft GNC, flight dynamics, robotics, autonomous systems, dynamics, feedback control, state estimation, trajectory analysis, Monte Carlo analysis, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++

Responsibilities

Own well-scoped GNC problems from definition through modeling, algorithm development, simulation, test, and closure; Work hands-on with simulation environments, flight/test data, and hardware/software-in-the-loop tools; Participate in design reviews, test campaigns, and anomaly investigations; Collaborate across software, avionics, mechanical, propulsion, and mission operations teams; Document models, algorithms, assumptions, and test results; Translate mission objectives into credible GNC analyses and operational recommendations

Seniority

Entry-level, supervised IC

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