Senior GNC Engineer - Missile Guidance & Navigation

Waypoint Human Capital; Huntsville (AL); Presencial; USD 120 000 - 160 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Waypoint Human Capital is seeking two experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineers to support an on-site missile and weapon systems program for a defense customer in Huntsville, Alabama. The engineers will develop and assess guidance, navigation, control, estimation, and sensor-fusion solutions from early analysis through integration and test.

Candidates should have 8+ years of GNC-related experience, a relevant engineering degree, and strong MATLAB/Simulink skills. U.S.

Qualificações

• 8+ years of relevant GNC, estimation, controls, navigation, or flight dynamics experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Strong foundation in dynamics, control theory, state estimation, numerical methods, and linear algebra.
• Hands-on experience developing and evaluating algorithms in MATLAB and/or Simulink.
• Experience communicating conclusions through technical documentation and reviews.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance if required by the program.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, analyze, and mature GNC algorithms for missile and weapon system applications.
• Design and tune Kalman filter-based estimators, including extended or unscented forms.
• Develop and evaluate flight dynamics, navigation error models, autopilot functions, guidance laws, and control-system performance.
• Use MATLAB and Simulink for trade studies, sensitivity analyses, Monte Carlo assessments, and requirements verification.
• Integrate algorithms with six-degree-of-freedom and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Analyze system performance, document recommendations, and support technical reviews.
• Establish GNC architecture, lead trades, mentor engineers, and coordinate across teams.

Conhecimentos

GNC experience

Controls theory

State estimation

Numerical methods

Linear algebra

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering

Ferramentas

MATLAB

Simulink

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Waypoint Human Capital is seeking two experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineers to support an on-site missile and weapon systems program for a defense customer in Huntsville, Alabama. The engineers will develop and assess guidance, navigation, control, estimation, and sensor-fusion solutions from early analysis through integration and test.

Candidates should have 8+ years of GNC-related experience, a relevant engineering degree, and strong MATLAB/Simulink skills. U.S.