Senior GNC Engineer – Missile Guidance & Control

L3Harris Technologies; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Orlando, FL seeks a Senior Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer to design and analyze GNC systems for missile programs. You will develop models, run simulations, and tune autopilot parameters using C/C++ and MATLAB/Simulink, ensuring performance meets stringent requirements.

Responsibilities include real-time data analysis, trajectory shaping, and collaborating with Systems Engineering to verify designs. Eligible for security clearance; candidates must be US citizens.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 6+ years in GNC; graduate degree preferred.
• Experience in design/analysis of missile GNC systems and flight controls.
• Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, and telemetry data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform GNC design and analyses for tactical and strategic missile systems.
• Tune autopilot parameters and shape trajectories to meet requirements.
• Develop and use models and simulations with first principles.
• Implement algorithms in C/C++ and modify MATLAB/Simulink models.
• Analyze real-time and post-test telemetry data for verification.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering on requirements traceability and verification.
• Possibility to obtain a US security clearance.

Skills

GNC engineering

C/C++ programming

MATLAB/Simulink

Telemetry data analysis

Windows & Linux environments

Systems Engineering

Requirements traceability & verif.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Graduate degree in Engineering

Alternative: 10 years of related experience

Tools

Fortran

Python

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Orlando, FL seeks a Senior Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer to design and analyze GNC systems for missile programs. You will develop models, run simulations, and tune autopilot parameters using C/C++ and MATLAB/Simulink, ensuring performance meets stringent requirements.

Responsibilities include real-time data analysis, trajectory shaping, and collaborating with Systems Engineering to verify designs. Eligible for security clearance; candidates must be US citizens.