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GNC Engineer

USA💼 Full-time💰 $115,600–$115,600🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, develop, integrate, and test guidance, navigation, and control systems for unmanned aircraft, including flight control laws, simulation models, and sensor processing.

Role type

Senior IC GNC Engineer (Aerospace/Unmanned Aircraft)

Builds

Flight control software, simulation models, and autonomous contingency management strategies for MQ-25 unmanned aircraft.

Domain

Aerospace engineering, unmanned aircraft systems, flight dynamics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineering, PID control design, nonlinear analysis, six-degree-of-freedom simulation modeling, C/C++/Python/FORTRAN programming, DO-178B/C software verification, hardware-in-the-loop testing

Preferred skills

Computer Science minor, U.S. Security Clearance eligibility

Technologies

Fortran, Matlab, Simulink, MatrixX, Systembuild, Python, C, C++, FORTRAN

Responsibilities

Define GNC mission requirements and ensure traceability from system to component level; build and refine complex nonlinear six-degree-of-freedom simulation models; develop, implement, and test vehicle models, controllers, and software; design guidance and flight control laws using modern linear control methods; validate models against test data; create supplementary controllers, limiters, and redundancy management logic; collaborate on integrating control laws into operational flight programs; define and maintain air data sensor processing and CFD-based error correction; coordinate autonomous aircraft contingency management strategies; support desktop, software, and real-time flight simulations; assist with hardware-in-the-loop development and test execution; contribute to flight test planning and execution.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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