Senior GNC Architect for Hypersonic Flight Systems

Stratolaunch- Huntsville; Mojave (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Maternity and Parental Leave

Job summary

Stratolaunch is seeking a subject matter expert in Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) to join the Technical Staff in Engineering. This role provides company-level technical leadership across theory to hardware, shaping standards and tool chains, and guiding high-impact problem solving with cross-functional teams.

The successful candidate has deep GNC expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• In-depth expertise and experience in deriving and implementing GNC architectures.
• Demonstrated technical leadership ability.
• Experience solving high-impact engineering problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain DOW security clearance.
• Experience with embedded systems and RTOS/FPGA implementations.

Responsibilities

• Provide company-level technical discipline leadership in GNC spanning theory to hardware.
• Enable world class engineering through standards, best practices, and common tool chains in domain(s) of expertise.
• Lead teams through high-impact problem solutions (e.g. Failure Review Boards, RCCA, Tiger Teams).
• Develop and maintain engineering capability roadmaps and lead realization of those capabilities.
• Propose and lead IRAD projects to generate IP and enable future business success.
• Support white papers, proposals, and other front-end business efforts.
• Mentor and develop junior colleagues; support recruiting and hiring activities.

Skills

GNC architectures

Technical leadership

Analytical problem solving

Communication skills

Flight data / test experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree, Master’s or Doctoral degree in related discipline

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Git

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C++

RTOS/FPGA toolchains

Job description

Stratolaunch is seeking a subject matter expert in Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) to join the Technical Staff in Engineering. This role provides company-level technical leadership across theory to hardware, shaping standards and tool chains, and guiding high-impact problem solving with cross-functional teams.

The successful candidate has deep GNC expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment.