Location: Chandler, AZ
Salary: $70.00 USD Hourly - $90.00 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. The role focuses on seeker modeling, target tracking, and advanced GNC algorithms for missile and launch vehicle systems. The position includes algorithm design, analysis, simulation development, performance assessment, and technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the design, development, implementation, verification, and test of flight and simulation software.
- Lead the development and evaluation of guidance, navigation, and control systems.
- Own algorithm design and analysis tasks involving control theory, mathematical models, and state estimation techniques.
- Process seeker measurements and develop guidance and control laws.
- Design, develop, and maintain six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) simulations.
- Define performance metrics and conduct performance assessments and trade studies.
- Integrate hardware and software components.
- 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.
- Provide technical direction on seeker and tracking approaches.
- Mentor early-career engineers.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support system reliability and mission success.
Must-Have Qualifications- Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience, or Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience, or PhD with 0 years of professional experience in:
- Electrical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- 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++
- Experience working in a Linux environment.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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