Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer III (Senior)
About The Position
Our Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) group challenges convention and drives innovation to transform how missions are executed. We design and develop the hardware, algorithms, and software that enable precision control of complex systems in demanding, zero-gravity environments. Through digital modernization, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies, we push the boundaries of national security and defense. While much of the work on this program remains classified, you will play a key role in developing end-to-end solutions that deliver tangible impact. You’ll collaborate with some of the brightest minds in engineering to design, integrate, and deploy pioneering capabilities that shape the future of our mission. In this role, you will contribute to the design, analysis, and testing of guidance, navigation, and control systems that enable spacecraft to operate in complex space environments. You’ll collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to develop robust, flight-proven GN&C solutions and ensure mission success through rigorous simulation and validation.
Requirements
- Strong experience in spacecraft controls design, analysis, simulation, and test.
- Experience with simulation and programming tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Python.
- Experience with Kalman Filtering and Attitude Determination.
- U.S. Citizen.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with flight software development and autocode to C++.
- Jitter analysis experience (highly desired).
- Familiarity with a GN&C hardware suite for space applications.
- Mission operations experience.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to peers, management, subcontractors, and customers.
Responsibilities
- Perform spacecraft controls design, analysis, simulation, and testing activities.
- Develop and validate GN&C algorithms and flight software.
- Utilize simulation and programming tools (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Python).
- Apply Kalman Filtering and Attitude Determination techniques to mission design.
- Support hardware integration and mission operations in a dynamic, team-oriented environment.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- EAP
- Education Assistance
- Parental Leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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