GNC Engineer for Swarm UAVs — Equity & High-Impact Flight Control

Swarm Aero Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Competitive base salary

Medical, dental, vision

401k

PTO and paid sick leave

Monthly wellness stipend

Daily catered lunch

Paid parental leave

Direct impact on a national security-m

A world-class team of engineers

Job summary

Swarm Aero Inc. seeks a Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer to lead control-system development for its swarming UAVs. You will establish processes for vehicle modeling, GNC algorithms, and rigorous testing across simulation, subscale, and full-scale flights.

The role emphasizes building robust GNC solutions, with experience in aircraft control and MATLAB/Simulink essential for analyzing system performance and advancing autonomous capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing control systems for an aircraft.
• Experience using MATLAB/Simulink to develop algorithms, model dynamic systems and analyze system performance.

Responsibilities

• Algorithm Design: Developing and refining algorithms for flight control, payload management, and autonomy.
• Tools & Process Development: Enhance the design and analysis tools to improve workflow efficiency and promote quality.
• Modeling: Improve Simulation models with higher fidelity definitions to support development and testing of GNC development.
• Test and Validate GNC system in simulation, subscale, ground, and full-scale flight test.

Skills

GNC experience

Team collaboration

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Swarm Aero Inc. seeks a Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer to lead control-system development for its swarming UAVs. You will establish processes for vehicle modeling, GNC algorithms, and rigorous testing across simulation, subscale, and full-scale flights.

The role emphasizes building robust GNC solutions, with experience in aircraft control and MATLAB/Simulink essential for analyzing system performance and advancing autonomous capabilities.