Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer I - Early Career (2026 Starts)
Core
Design, analyze, develop, and verify guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) software for reusable spaceflight systems, including simulation, mission design, and trajectory optimization.
Role type
Early-career IC guidance, navigation, and control engineer
Builds
Human-rated GN&C software and spaceflight systems for Blue Origin
Domain
Aerospace engineering / Spaceflight
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Control systems design, dynamics, orbital mechanics, estimation, control theory, MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, system analysis, Monte-Carlo simulation
Preferred skills
Multi-body dynamics, flexible body dynamics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, system identification, Python, Linux, verification and validation, spacecraft systems engineering
Technologies
MATLAB, Simulink, C, C++, Python, Linux
Responsibilities
Design and verify GN&C software for spaceflight systems; perform system analyses including simulations and Monte-Carlo; build on existing human-rated GN&C software to improve reliability and reduce cost; develop and analyze guidance, navigation, and controls algorithms for aerospace or mobile robotic applications.
Seniority
Early Career, hands-on IC
