Location: Chandler, AZ
Salary: $100.00 USD Hourly - $120.00 USD Hourly
Description: About the RoleSeeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to lead the development and evaluation of guidance, navigation, and control systems for advanced aerospace applications, with a focus on seeker modeling, target tracking, and advanced GNC algorithms for missile and launch vehicle systems.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the development and evaluation of guidance, navigation, and control systems.
- Apply mathematical models, control theory, and state estimation techniques to process seeker measurements and develop guidance and control laws.
- Architect and maintain six degree of freedom (6 DOF) simulations.
- Define performance metrics and conduct performance assessments and trade studies.
- Integrate hardware and software components.
- Lead the design, development, implementation, verification, and test of 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.
- Provide technical direction on seeker and tracking approaches.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support system reliability and mission success.
- Mentor early career engineers.
Must-Have Qualifications- Bachelor's degree with 14 years of professional experience, or Master's degree with 12 years of professional experience, or PhD with 10 years of professional experience, in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 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 the following: MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar technical software tools.
- Development experience in a Linux environment.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications- 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 (e.g., Kalman Filter, Extended Kalman Filter, 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.
- Proven 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.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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