Graduate - Autonomous Systems Design Engineer: Navigation, Controls, Hardware, Software

2026 Graduate - Autonomous Systems Design Engineer:
Navigation, Controls, Hardware, Software, and Simulation

Are you looking for a career building deep expertise in a technical area critical to our national defense? Do you wish to collaborate with and learn from some of the country’s top vehicle navigation, controls, and simulation subject matter experts?

Our Group's Goal Is To Ensure The United States Has a Distinct Technology Advantage In Autonomous Systems By Leading Next Generation Development And Prototyping. We Do This By Providing World Class Design Solutions With a Focus On

• Guidance, Navigation, and Controls
• Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
• Hardware/Software Development and Test
• Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization

We are seeking creative problem solvers with capabilities and interests to join our team in taking on a breadth of technical challenges. We work on a variety of systems including: hypersonic missiles, cruise missiles, and autonomous flight vehicles.

As a member on our team you will...

• Have the opportunity to pioneer design and research in guidance, navigation, and control algorithms in support of the full lifecycle development of advanced systems.
• Develop innovative models for simulating and analyzing a variety of complex physics and sensors.
• Test the capability of software and algorithms within an embedded systems environment.
• Apply multi-disciplinary optimization techniques for early phase vehicle designs.
• Develop software to support sophisticated simulation and algorithm development.
• Collaborate with a team of engineers and interact with government sponsors.

Guidance, Navigation, and Control

• We provide world class expertise in the areas of guidance, navigation, and control to support the full life cycle development of vehicles both as partners with contractors as well as in the development of our own prototype systems.
• Types of work:
  Advanced algorithm research and development and application of algorithms to flight test systems
• Degrees:
  Electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, mathematics
• Skills:
  
  Guidance, inertial navigation, modern/adaptive control, classical control, optimization

Modeling and Simulation

• We apply a wide range of skills to the development of multi-physics simulations for a broad range of concepts. We also use the models to analyze multi-disciplinary design problems.
• Types of work:
  Multi-disciplinary vehicle design optimization and analysis, high fidelity physics-based simulation modeling, algorithm development, simulation software architecture
• Degrees:
  Mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science/engineering
• Skills:
  
  Dynamics, software, algorithms, optimization

Hardware/Software Development and Testing

• We support sensor testing and characterization in conjunction with hardware-in-the-loop analysis for prototype systems advancing towards flight tests.
• Types of work:
  Hardware-in-the-loop development, sensor characterization, embedded systems
• Degrees:
  Computer science/engineering, electrical engineering
• Skills:
  
  Hardware testing, embedded systems, software, autonomous vehicle development

Qualifications

You meet our minimum qualifications the job if you...

• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
• Are passionate about creative problem solving and applying your skills to the design and development of our nation’s next generation weapons and autonomous systems.
• Have academic background and interest in one or more of the technical areas listed above, that include Guidance, Navigation, and Control;
  Modeling and Simulation;
  Hardware/Software Development and Testing.
• Are skilled in or have knowledge of coding practices in Matlab/Simulink, C++, Python, or other languages.
• Are able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.