Senior GNC Engineer - Flight Control & Simulation

Boeing; Hazelwood (MO); On-site; USD 116,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Boeing in Hazelwood, MO, is seeking experienced GNC engineers to design and validate flight control laws for advanced military aircraft. You will implement C/C++/FORTRAN controllers, build nonlinear simulations, and validate models with test data across flight envelopes.

The role requires 5+ years in GNC, strong Matlab/Simulink experience, and collaboration with flight test teams. Relocation may be considered for this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 5+ years work-related experience with a Bachelors degree OR an equivalent combination of work-related experience and technical education.
• 3+ years of experience with Guidance Navigation and Control engineering
• Experience using Matlab/Simulink or MatrixX to model systems

Responsibilities

• Define Guidance, Navigation and Control mission requirements and ensure requirements traceability and quality from the system level to component level
• Use multidisciplinary model data to develop and refine a complex nonlinear 6 degrees of freedom simulation model
• Use various software languages, C, C++, FORTRAN, Python, to develop, implement, integrate and test vehicle models and controllers
• Design flight control laws using modern linear control design techniques and tools to achieve design and performance targets
• Use advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine the control law design
• Perform model validation against test data to inform and improve the accuracy of the simulation environment
• Develop supplementary controllers, limiters, mode logic, and signal shaping to properly bound performance within flight envelope
• Work with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems software engineers to incorporate control laws into the operational flight program
• Support flight simulations including desktop, software, and real time simulations
• Support hardware in the loop development and testing
• Support flight testing planning and execution
• Lead design reviews, analyses, simulations and component/system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet customer requirements
• Train and coach others

Skills

GNC engineering

Matlab/Simulink

C/C++

Python

Flight control systems

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related field

Tools

FORTRAN

MatrixX

Python

Job description

Boeing in Hazelwood, MO, is seeking experienced GNC engineers to design and validate flight control laws for advanced military aircraft. You will implement C/C++/FORTRAN controllers, build nonlinear simulations, and validate models with test data across flight envelopes.

The role requires 5+ years in GNC, strong Matlab/Simulink experience, and collaboration with flight test teams. Relocation may be considered for this position.