Senior GN&C Engineering Manager, Unmanned Systems

AeroVironment, Inc.; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Manager in Guidance, Navigation and Control to lead a GN&C engineering team on unmanned aircraft programs. You will drive the technology roadmap, manage budgets and personnel, and oversee full lifecycle GN&C subsystems from design to deployment.

The role requires deep experience in model-based control, linearization of flight dynamics, and advanced simulation tools. Strong communication, leadership, and collaboration across functions are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Combination of 15 years industry/managerial experience in GN&C and adjacent fields.
• Proficient with developing linearized models from nonlinear flight dynamics models about trim operating conditions.
• Proficient with linear controls design and analysis tools and techniques.
• Experience with aerodynamic stability and control modes, models, concepts, and coefficients.
• Experience in designing, developing, and analyzing aided inertial navigation systems.
• Demonstrated strong skills in classical and modern controls design and analysis approaches.
• Proficient in C++ and object-oriented design.

Responsibilities

• Manages a group of GN&C engineering professionals, including budget planning, staffing, training, performance evaluation and career development.
• Responsible for managing team in the full life-cycle of GN&C subsystems including design, development, coding, debugging, testing, simulation, analysis, and maintenance.
• Analyze systems and flight test data to support model improvements and root cause investigation of failures and anomalies.
• Plans workload for GN&C engineer design activities and documents designs with reports, presentations and drawings.
• Characterize, analyze, test, and troubleshoot control system hardware and software subsystems.
• Architect reusable simulation and analysis tools for model-based control and estimation designs.

Skills

C++

Control systems design

Model-based design

Monte Carlo

6DOF simulation

Hardware-in-the-loop

RTOS familiarity

GN&C

GNC engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's or PhD GN&C focus preferred

Tools

Simulation tools

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Manager in Guidance, Navigation and Control to lead a GN&C engineering team on unmanned aircraft programs. You will drive the technology roadmap, manage budgets and personnel, and oversee full lifecycle GN&C subsystems from design to deployment.

The role requires deep experience in model-based control, linearization of flight dynamics, and advanced simulation tools. Strong communication, leadership, and collaboration across functions are essential.