Guidance Navigation Control Engineer Level 3

Indotronix International Corporation • Chandler, AZ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Guidance Navigation Control Engineer Level 3 leads or significantly contributes to the design, development, implementation, verification, and testing of high-quality flight and simulation software. The role owns the design and maintenance of six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) simulations used to develop, analyze, and validate flight algorithms and code, and optimizes flight and simulation software for performance, robustness, and maintainability. It also defines and executes analysis campaigns using trajectory optimization and evaluation tools, and presents technical results, risks, and recommendations to program leadership. The position is onsite in Chandler, Arizona, with a 9x80 work schedule. It is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining required program access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of professional experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 3 years, or a PhD with 0 years, in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Existing U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level.
• Demonstrated experience with guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) concepts, algorithms, or analysis for aerospace or missile systems.
• Experience leading or significantly contributing to development, modeling, simulation, test, integration, or analysis activities for aerospace, missile, spacecraft, or autonomous systems.
• Proficiency with one or more of MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar technical software tools, with development in a Linux environment.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Strong foundation in control systems theory, guidance law development, and flight software implementation.
• Experience with state estimation and nonlinear filtering, such as Kalman Filter, Extended Kalman Filter, or Unscented Kalman Filter, including tuning and performance assessment in realistic scenarios.
• Deep domain knowledge in target tracking and seeker systems (infrared and/or radio frequency), including requirements definition and algorithm design.
• Experience developing and validating target dynamics and measurement models and integrating them into end-to-end 6-DOF simulations.
• Experience with seeker measurements such as angle-only measurements, line-of-sight (LOS) rate estimation, pixel/centroid-based measurements for infrared seekers, and/or range, range-rate (Doppler), azimuth/elevation, and angle-only tracking for RF seekers.
• Experience with data association methods, track initiation and maintenance logic, and multi-target tracking in the presence of false alarms and clutter.
• Ability to lead small technical teams or work packages, mentor junior engineers, and communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python and experience with software development tools such as Jira, version control, and continuous integration workflows in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, implementation, verification, and testing of high-quality flight and simulation software.
• Own the design and maintenance of 6-DOF simulations used to develop, analyze, and validate flight algorithms and code.
• Optimize flight and simulation software for performance, robustness, and maintainability.
• Define and execute analysis campaigns using trajectory optimization and evaluation tools.
• Present technical results, risks, and recommendations to program leadership.
• Lead small technical teams or work packages and mentor junior engineers, as applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level