Flight Controls & GN&C Engineer for Unmanned Systems

Insight Global; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Flight Controls/GNC Engineer to develop and test next-gen unmanned air vehicles and robotic systems. You will architect flight algorithms, conduct advanced flight testing, and integrate cutting-edge technologies into real-world solutions.

This role spans GN&C (60%), flight testing (20%), and embedded software support (20%), with up to 20% travel. You will mentor teammates, lead small agile teams, and influence platform development.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering required or strongly desired.
• 1+ years of GN&C, aircraft design, flight testing, or related experience.
• Hands-on engineering across autopilots, flight control, UAV integration.
• Deep knowledge of classical and modern controls design and system analysis.
• Experience with fixed-wing and multi-rotor vehicles is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, analysis, and documentation of GN&C solutions for unmanned systems.
• Characterize, test, and troubleshoot hardware and software subsystems related to control systems.
• Develop and maintain HIL and SIL simulations.
• Analyze flight test data to support model improvements and root-cause analyses.
• Develop data reduction and analysis tools for UAV/test data.
• Develop linear and nonlinear control algorithms to ensure stability and performance.
• Drive GN&C requirements development, design reviews, and proposals.
• Mentor and support team members and serve as Team Lead as needed.
• Support integration of reusable GN&C and software components into new products.
• Travel up to 20% within the continental U.S. for on-site flight ops.

Skills

GN&C expertise

Flight control

Team leadership

Robotics familiarity

Communications hardware

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

HIL/SIL simulations

ROS

Monte Carlo

Job description

Insight Global seeks a Flight Controls/GNC Engineer to develop and test next-gen unmanned air vehicles and robotic systems. You will architect flight algorithms, conduct advanced flight testing, and integrate cutting-edge technologies into real-world solutions.

This role spans GN&C (60%), flight testing (20%), and embedded software support (20%), with up to 20% travel. You will mentor teammates, lead small agile teams, and influence platform development.