GNC Navigation Engineer

MISC. Recruiting; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Huntsville, AL seeks a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to develop, simulate, analyze, and test navigation algorithms for national-priority aerospace missions. An active DoD Secret Clearance is required.

You will join a team of engineers to design and implement sensor-fusion techniques (EKF, UKF, particles, factor graphs), integrate IMUs, star trackers, cameras, and altimeters, and present results to the GNC group.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary STEM degree required.
• Proficiency in C++ and ability to articulate technical information to non-technical customers.
• Experience with navigation architectures in flight systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis of a navigation system within a broader simulation.
• Lead design of new navigation algorithms and their software implementation.
• Apply sensor fusion algorithms (EKF, UKF, particle filters, factor graphs).
• Fuse inputs from IMUs, star trackers, cameras, altimeters, and aiding sensors.
• Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to balance accuracy, environment, and cost.
• Present techniques, solutions, and results to the GNC team.

Skills

C++

Communication

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Linux

MATLAB

Python

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Our customer is a three-time Fortune Best Workplace®, Great Place to Work®, Best Place for Working Parents®, and a seven-time Huntsville Best Places to Work® winner.

They're a small business making a big impact on national-priority missions in missile defense, hypersonics, DoW space, and civil space.

• A culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork

Position Overview:

Our customer is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to specialize in the development, simulation, analysis, and testing of navigation algorithms to join our team working on-site in Huntsville, AL. An active Secret Clearance is required.

Key Responsibilities:

This role joins a highly skilled team of GNC engineers and algorithm developers supporting advanced technology demonstrations. GNC Navigation Engineer tasks include:

• Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis of a navigation system as part of a broader system simulation
• Lead the design of new algorithms and/or transition existing algorithms to produce software enabling accurate navigation
• Use and apply multiple sensor fusion algorithms, including extended Kalman filters, unscented Kalman filters, particle filters, and factor graphs
• Fuse simulated and real-world sensor inputs from inertial sensors, star trackers, cameras, altimeters, and other aiding sensors
• Work within a team of engineers across disciplines to design innovative navigation systems that are often constrained by conflicting factors, including accuracy, operating environment, and cost
• Present techniques, solutions, and results to the GNC team

Required Qualifications:

• Post secondary STEM degree with 5 - 10+ years of relevant experience
• 2+ years of relevant experience with extended Kalman filters, unscented Kalman filters, particle filters, or factor graphs
• Experience working with Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) in the context of a multi-sensor navigation system
• Good working knowledge of navigation architectures as part of a flight system involving closed-loop Guidance, Navigation, and Control software
• Professionally demonstrated proficiency in C++
• Ability to clearly articulate technical information, often to non-technical customers
• Strong written/verbal communication and organizational and interpersonal skills

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with alternative navigation technologies to improve navigation performance in GPS-degraded environments
• Experience deploying navigation algorithms to real-time applications
• Experience with Linux, C++, MATLAB, and/or Python
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and software version control such as Git
• Experience conducting business in high OPSEC environment, including modeling, simulation, and software development
• Experience with specifying, testing and/or qualifying sensor hardware
• Experience in weapon system and/or sensor modeling, both for the items to be modeled, and the synthetic modeled environments used to stimulate the simulated hardware
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, including requirements development and verification

Clearance: Active DoW Secret Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required