Remote GNC Engineer for UAS Autonomy & Flight Control

Technology Service Corporation; Arlington (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

ESOP participation

401k plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Technology Service Corporation seeks a remote-based Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer to design, integrate, test, and deliver flight control systems for unmanned aerial systems. You will work on a multi-disciplinary team across software, hardware, and flight test, with travel up to 25% for demonstrations and field testing.

Ideal candidates have extensive MATLAB/Simulink experience, embedded software skills (C/C++, Python), and a DoD security clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Controls engineering or other relevant discipline, plus at minimum 12 years of experience in a professional environment developing MATLAB / Simulink control systems with auto code experience; or MS in Controls or Aerospace Engineering plus 2 years’ experience.
• Embedded code experience preferred.
• US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
• Experience in developing physics based 6 DOF simulations, motion platforms.
• Experience developing with: Gazebo or similar simulation tools, Matlab/ MATLAB/Simulink, C, C++, Python.
• Experience developing scripts to run batch processes.
• Experience in data post processing from simulation or flight testing, report summary writing.
• Experience developing guidance and autonomy algorithms required; in denied environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work on a team to develop, modify and tune guidance and control systems for fixed wing aircraft.
• Work on a team to develop, modify and tune navigation systems based on sensor fusion of 6-DOF IMU, magnetometer, GNSS, pressure and ranging sensors.
• Work on a team to develop and modify 6-DOF and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation environments.
• Simulation, analysis, control, and testing on 6 degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) motion platform for development and validation of autonomous UAS.
• Work on a team to design and develop flight or mission-critical onboard software for unmanned systems.
• Aid development for unmanned aerospace includes guidance, navigation & control, mission sequencing, payload control, redundancy and contingency management, uplink and downlink packet encoding and decoding, converting between different serial protocols, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, ground-based GUIs, and aircraft subsystem control (i.e., payload, electrical systems).
• Embedded Software development (C/C++, Python, shell scripts) Writing/modifying software to adjust flight behaviors: Use development tools such as: JIRA, git, C/C++, CMake, Linux, MATLAB Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary software team on large, multi-language projects Participating in code reviews, Flight Testing, and Customer Presentations Bench test, Hardware-in-the-loop, and field testing of UAS platforms Local, interstate, and international travel to support field testing and customer demonstrations. Expected travel is ~10-25%.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines (Systems, Software, Mechanical, Electrical) in planning, design and development of systems to ensure software and hardware performance and compatibility Design software architecture, interfaces, and gateways for communication with external Autonomy software services.
• Implement functionality using a model-based approach.
• Software verification and validation including writing Test Cases and Test Procedures.
• Develop, implement, and document data and software application test plans to validate project deliverables meet quality standards.
• Oversee and support processes and procedures for existing data and reporting activities to support internal and external customer deliverables.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Python

GNC for UAS

6-DOF simulations

Gazebo

Model-based design

Software verification

JIRA

git

CMake

Linux

Education

BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, or Controls

MS in Controls or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

JIRA

git

CMake

Linux

MATLAB

Job description

Technology Service Corporation seeks a remote-based Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer to design, integrate, test, and deliver flight control systems for unmanned aerial systems. You will work on a multi-disciplinary team across software, hardware, and flight test, with travel up to 25% for demonstrations and field testing.

Ideal candidates have extensive MATLAB/Simulink experience, embedded software skills (C/C++, Python), and a DoD security clearance eligibility.