Actuation Systems GNC Engineer – Onsite Chandler

Genie Matthews and Associates; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 76,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Genie Matthews and Associates seeks a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer in Chandler, AZ for a 12-month contract. The role is onsite with US citizenship required and open hourly pay on W2.

You will model actuator systems, perform trade studies, and develop performance specs for electromechanical and electro-hydraulic actuation systems. You’ll create and maintain linear and nonlinear models in MATLAB and C++, conduct simulations, and compare results to test data.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of direct experience modeling actuator systems.
• Experience developing performance requirements and specifications for actuator systems.
• Experience with electro-mechanical and electro-hydraulic actuator systems.
• DoD Secret security clearance is required.
• Experience with MATLAB, C++, Simulink, and Python.
• Experience modeling both linear and nonlinear models in Simulink.
• Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Modeling and simulation of actuation systems for launch and business programs.
• Collaborate with Flight Sciences, Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems teams.
• Design and analyze single and multi-loop PID control for actuation systems.
• Create linear and nonlinear actuator models in MATLAB and C++.
• Evaluate simulations against test data and update models.
• Plan actuator systems engineering work including new systems evaluation.
• Develop performance requirements for actuation system specifications.
• Review test data and identify processing issues for corrections.
• Provide anomaly investigation support for actuations in production and fielded systems.
• Conduct kinematic analysis of 3-bar and 4-bar systems.

Skills

C++

Actuator modeling

PID control design

Actuator performance specs

EM actuation systems

Model validation against data

Hydraulic actuators

MATLAB

Tools

Simulink

Python

MATLAB

C++

Job description

Genie Matthews and Associates seeks a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer in Chandler, AZ for a 12-month contract. The role is onsite with US citizenship required and open hourly pay on W2.

You will model actuator systems, perform trade studies, and develop performance specs for electromechanical and electro-hydraulic actuation systems. You’ll create and maintain linear and nonlinear models in MATLAB and C++, conduct simulations, and compare results to test data.