Guidance Nav & Control Engr

Position: Guidance Nav & Control Engr 4
Location: Seal Beach, CA Salary: $90.00 USD Hourly - $100.00 USD Hourly Description:
Job Description:
Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) Engineer

We are seeking experienced Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) Engineers to support the development, prototyping, and deployment of advanced aerospace and autonomous vehicle systems in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. This role involves designing GN&C solutions, developing high-fidelity simulations, implementing flight software, and supporting system integration, testing, and operational activities across atmospheric and spaceflight applications.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and verify guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for aerospace, autonomous, and high-performance flight systems.
• Develop and maintain 6-DOF (Six Degrees of Freedom) simulations and analysis tools for mission planning, system evaluation, and performance assessment.
• Implement and validate GN&C flight software using MATLAB/Simulink and programming languages such as C/C++.
• Apply astrodynamics, trajectory analysis, and flight mechanics principles to mission design and optimization.
• Support the development of atmospheric flight guidance, navigation, and control functions using aerodynamics and control systems expertise.
• Develop autonomous guidance and control solutions for powered and unpowered flight operations.
• Investigate and resolve operational issues, support testing activities, and analyze system anomalies.
• Create simulation models, test procedures, technical documentation, and operational concepts to support system development and validation.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, software, hardware, testing, and other cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through process optimization, automation, and reusable tool development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in aerospace, autonomous systems, missiles, spacecraft, aircraft, or similar vehicle platforms.
• Strong proficiency with MATLAB and Simulink.
• Experience developing GN&C algorithms, mathematical models, and simulations.
• Programming experience with C/C++, Python, or C#.
• Ability to work effectively in a technical and collaborative engineering environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering.
• 10+ years of related engineering experience.
• Experience with spacecraft operations, space systems, hypersonic systems, or advanced aerospace applications.
• Knowledge of state estimation, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, GPS/INS integration, or air data systems.
• Background in classical and modern control theory, including nonlinear control design.
• Experience with model-based systems development and flight test support.
• Previous involvement in advanced aerospace, autonomous vehicle, or high-speed flight programs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to work in ambiguous or rapidly evolving technical environments.

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