GNC Engineer — Spacecraft Flight Dynamics & Control

OHO Group (Lithuania); California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown Aerospace Startup is seeking an experienced Flight Dynamics & GNC Engineer to help develop the control systems behind an advanced spacecraft platform. You will take ownership of algorithm development, high-fidelity simulation, and flight software integration.

We're interested in candidates with launch vehicle or flight dynamics backgrounds who can tackle challenging trajectory optimization and real-time software challenges in space.

Qualifications

• Experience in GNC, flight dynamics, trajectory optimization, or flight controls.
• Strong understanding of dynamic systems, control theory, and mathematical modeling.
• Experience developing and validating guidance or control algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Develop guidance and control algorithms for complex vehicle motion and attitude maneuvers.
• Build 6-DOF simulations to model vehicle dynamics and evaluate system performance.
• Design trajectory planning, optimization, and feedback control algorithms.
• Validate algorithms through Monte Carlo analysis, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and flight software integration.

Skills

GNC

Flight dynamics

Trajectory optimization

Control theory

Mathematical modeling

Tools

Python

C++

Rust

Job description

Unknown Aerospace Startup is seeking an experienced Flight Dynamics & GNC Engineer to help develop the control systems behind an advanced spacecraft platform. You will take ownership of algorithm development, high-fidelity simulation, and flight software integration.

We're interested in candidates with launch vehicle or flight dynamics backgrounds who can tackle challenging trajectory optimization and real-time software challenges in space.