Senior GNC Engineer: Autonomous Drone Flight Control

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a senior GNC engineer to develop, validate, and integrate guidance and control laws for its autonomous drone platforms. The role involves hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing, collaborating with flight software teams, and analyzing test data to assure performance across the TRS drone fleet. An active U.S.

security clearance is preferred. The position is on-site at our Costa Mesa, CA headquarters, with relocation support provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering with a focus on dynamic systems and control.
• 8 years professional experience in a GNC role, preferably on airborne platforms.
• Experience with Matlab and Simulink.
• Experience in modeling and simulation of linear and nonlinear dynamic systems and model linearization.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and test flight controllers and guidance algorithms.
• Develop and test Software-In-The-Loop and Hardware-In-The-Loop tests in preparation for flight testing.
• Work closely with the flight software team to define requirements, integrate GNC software and test functionality in simulation.
• Review test data captured from the flight control system, subsystems, and other test instrumentation to verify vehicle performance, evaluate GNC algorithm/controller behavior, or debug incidents during testing or from fielded assets.
• Develop models required to support functional evaluation of GNC software.

Skills

Matlab

Simulink

Kalman filtering

Sensor fusion

GNC software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics/Mechanical/Electrical/Aerospace with focus on dynamic systems and control

Master’s or PhD in Robotics/ME/EE/Aerospace with focus on dynamic systems and control

Tools

Simulink Embedded Coder

Matlab

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a senior GNC engineer to develop, validate, and integrate guidance and control laws for its autonomous drone platforms. The role involves hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing, collaborating with flight software teams, and analyzing test data to assure performance across the TRS drone fleet. An active U.S.

security clearance is preferred. The position is on-site at our Costa Mesa, CA headquarters, with relocation support provided.