Senior GNC Navigation Engineer — Secret Clearance

MISC. Recruiting; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Huntsville, AL seeks a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to develop, simulate, analyze, and test navigation algorithms for national-priority aerospace missions. An active DoD Secret Clearance is required.

You will join a team of engineers to design and implement sensor-fusion techniques (EKF, UKF, particles, factor graphs), integrate IMUs, star trackers, cameras, and altimeters, and present results to the GNC group.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary STEM degree required.
• Proficiency in C++ and ability to articulate technical information to non-technical customers.
• Experience with navigation architectures in flight systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis of a navigation system within a broader simulation.
• Lead design of new navigation algorithms and their software implementation.
• Apply sensor fusion algorithms (EKF, UKF, particle filters, factor graphs).
• Fuse inputs from IMUs, star trackers, cameras, altimeters, and aiding sensors.
• Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to balance accuracy, environment, and cost.
• Present techniques, solutions, and results to the GNC team.

Skills

C++

Communication

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Linux

MATLAB

Python

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Our client in Huntsville, AL seeks a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to develop, simulate, analyze, and test navigation algorithms for national-priority aerospace missions. An active DoD Secret Clearance is required.

You will join a team of engineers to design and implement sensor-fusion techniques (EKF, UKF, particles, factor graphs), integrate IMUs, star trackers, cameras, and altimeters, and present results to the GNC group.