Senior GNC & Flight Systems Architect — Remote

Edge Autonomy; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401(k)

Paid PTO

Paid holidays

Medical, vision, dental insurance

Disability insurance

HSA and FSA Options

Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

Redwire Defense Tech is seeking a Senior Staff GNC/Flight Systems Engineer to shape guidance, navigation, and control across the company’s UAS product lines. This role defines standards, reviews critical designs, and drives advanced flight-control capabilities.

Engineers at this level mentor senior staff, guide architectural decisions, solve high-impact flight problems, and push innovations in modeling, simulation, autonomy, and control algorithms. Remote work with East Coast preference.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Aerospace, Robotics, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 10–15+ years in flight controls, GNC, or autonomous-systems engineering.
• Leadership of system-level GNC architecture across programs.
• Experience guiding senior engineers and owning technical direction.
• Fluency with MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Python; embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for GNC and flight-control architectures.
• Define long-term GNC roadmap; shape architecture and modeling.
• Lead resolution of high-risk flight issues across dynamics and sensors.
• Drive cross-program alignment for modeling, controllers, estimators, and software.
• Oversee advanced control techniques and system-level reviews.
• Mentor senior engineers; develop capability in GNC, autonomy, simulation.

Skills

GNC architecture

flight controls

modeling & simulation

mentoring

communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or related field

Master's degree; Ph.D. preferred

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Python

Embedded systems

Modeling tools

Job description

Redwire Defense Tech is seeking a Senior Staff GNC/Flight Systems Engineer to shape guidance, navigation, and control across the company’s UAS product lines. This role defines standards, reviews critical designs, and drives advanced flight-control capabilities.

Engineers at this level mentor senior staff, guide architectural decisions, solve high-impact flight problems, and push innovations in modeling, simulation, autonomy, and control algorithms. Remote work with East Coast preference.