Onsite Guidance & Actuation Systems Engineer

The Recruiting Hive; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer for a 12-month contract. The role is onsite and requires US citizenship. Pay rate is open hourly on W2, with work performed at our Chandler facility.

Responsibilities include modeling and simulating actuator systems, developing performance specifications, and performing trade studies. Proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, C++, and Python is preferred.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of actuator system modeling experience.
• Experience developing performance requirements for actuator systems.
• Experience with electro-mechanical and electro-hydraulic actuators.
• DoD Secret clearance.
• Proficiency in Matlab, C++, Simulink, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Model and simulate actuation systems for launch/target vehicles.
• Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems teams.
• Design and analyze PID control for electromechanical and electro-hydraulic actuators.
• Create/maintain MATLAB and C++ models.
• Review test data and update models.
• Conduct actuator systems engineering and trade studies.
• Generate documentation of work performed.
• Perform kinematic analysis of 3-bar and 4-bar systems.

Skills

C++

Actuator modeling

PID control

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Tools

Simulink

MATLAB

Job description

The Recruiting Hive in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer for a 12-month contract. The role is onsite and requires US citizenship. Pay rate is open hourly on W2, with work performed at our Chandler facility.

Responsibilities include modeling and simulating actuator systems, developing performance specifications, and performing trade studies. Proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, C++, and Python is preferred.