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2027 Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Graduate Intern

El Segundo, CA💼 Internship💰 $32–$32🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop mathematical models, high-fidelity simulations, and computational tools for guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems of launch vehicles, missiles, and missile defense systems.

Role type

Graduate Intern, GNC Engineer

Builds

Flight control systems, guidance and navigation algorithms, and trajectory analysis tools for defense and civil space programs.

Domain

Aerospace engineering, defense systems, orbital mechanics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research

Required skills

dynamics and physics modeling, state estimation algorithms, time and frequency domain controls analysis, trajectory studies, statistical analysis, Python, MATLAB, C++, Fortran

Preferred skills

Unix/Linux, Simulink, electronics, mechanical design, sensor/actuator integration, complex dynamical systems modeling

Responsibilities

Develop mathematical models and simulations of launch vehicles; analyze flight control system performance; perform trajectory and error analyses; verify contractor designs; prepare technical reports and briefings.

Seniority

Graduate Intern

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