Flight Dynamics Simulation Engineer (6-DOF, GNC)

Singularity Defense; Gardena (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Singularity Defense is seeking a GNC Engineer focused on simulations in Gardena, CA. You will own the architecture for high-fidelity, real-time physics-based simulations for missile flight and guidance validation, enabling rapid in silico validation across the stack.

The role requires expertise in Rust and Python for performance-critical development, with experience in simulation fidelity, HITL, and open-loop/closed-loop testing across aerospace domains.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building simulations or numerical modeling frameworks.
• Proficient in Rust and Python for performance-critical development.
• Understanding of rigid body dynamics, kinematics, numerical integration, and physics.
• Experience building tools for flight dynamics, aerospace simulation, or autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Design high-performance 6-DOF flight and physics simulations.
• Build simulation components that replicate real-world dynamics and sensor behavior.
• Integrate guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) logic into full-stack simulations.
• Develop Monte Carlo, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL), and closed-loop test infrastructure.
• Collaborate with flight software, autonomy, and hardware teams to ensure fidelity.
• Create tooling to support scenario authoring, data visualization, and performance analysis.
• Own simulation pipeline performance and determinism across conditions.

Skills

Rust programming

Python programming

Simulation design

GNC integration

Monte Carlo testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Rapier

Bevy

OpenGL

Job description

Singularity Defense is seeking a GNC Engineer focused on simulations in Gardena, CA. You will own the architecture for high-fidelity, real-time physics-based simulations for missile flight and guidance validation, enabling rapid in silico validation across the stack.

The role requires expertise in Rust and Python for performance-critical development, with experience in simulation fidelity, HITL, and open-loop/closed-loop testing across aerospace domains.