Flight Guidance, Control & Sequencing Engineer

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 135,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an engineer to own the Flight Autonomy guidance and control algorithms for the New Glenn program. You will design, implement, and verify algorithms within MATLAB/Simulink, with hands-on C/C++ flight software development and extensive testing using simulations and hardware-in-the-loop.

You will collaborate on requirements, model validations, and robustness analyses to ensure safe, reliable operations as the vehicle advances toward higher cadence and performance.

Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in aerospace guidance and control or simulation.
• Comfortable with algorithm design and analysis in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop guidance and control algorithms for New Glenn flight control.
• Sequence mission activities and vehicle system commands.
• Develop GN&C requirements with flow downs to subsystem and software levels, including companion verification methods.
• Build guidance and control algorithms in Simulink to support auto-code generation to target.
• Implement hand-coded flight software in C/C++ where appropriate.
• Conduct stability and performance assessments including development of linear and nonlinear models.
• Perform Monte Carlo simulation campaigns to characterize algorithm performance and robustness across dispersed environments.
• Author and execute unit tests, ensure code coverage standards, and support formal verification activities.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop integration and test campaigns.
• Validate plant models and algorithm performance using test and flight data.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

Technical writing

Verbal communication

Education

B.S. in aerospace or related engineering

M.S. in aerospace or related discipline

Tools

C/C++ flight software development

Auto-code generation from Simulink

Python scripting

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an engineer to own the Flight Autonomy guidance and control algorithms for the New Glenn program. You will design, implement, and verify algorithms within MATLAB/Simulink, with hands-on C/C++ flight software development and extensive testing using simulations and hardware-in-the-loop.

You will collaborate on requirements, model validations, and robustness analyses to ensure safe, reliable operations as the vehicle advances toward higher cadence and performance.