Senior Guidance & Control Engineer - Spaceflight Systems

InvestedintheMission; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 198,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

401(k) match

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin in the United States seeks an experienced flight guidance and control engineer to own algorithms from requirements through flight. You will design, implement, verify, and validate software and models for the New Glenn program.

The role requires strong MATLAB/Simulink skills and hands-on experience with C/C++ flight software, plus the ability to lead cross‑team analyses and formal verification activities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in aerospace guidance and control or simulation.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink for algorithm design and analysis.
• Experience designing, testing, and flying aerospace guidance and control systems.
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop guidance and control algorithms for New Glenn flight control.
• Sequence mission activities and vehicle system commands.
• Develop GN&C requirements with flow downs to subsystem and software levels, including companion verification methods.
• Build guidance and control algorithms in Simulink to support auto-code generation to target.
• Implement hand-coded flight software in C/C++ where appropriate.
• Conduct stability and performance assessments including development of linear and nonlinear models.
• Perform Monte Carlo simulation campaigns to characterize algorithm performance and robustness across dispersed environments.
• Author and execute unit tests, ensure code coverage standards, and support formal verification activities.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop integration and test campaigns.
• Validate plant models and algorithm performance using test and flight data.
• Coordinate cross-team vehicle-level analyses and trade studies.
• Lead root cause investigations and peer reviews of GN&C products.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

Guidance & control systems

Aerospace engineering

C/C++ programming

Technical writing

Education

B.S. in aerospace or related engineering

M.S. or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

Simulink

Auto-code generation

Python scripting

Job description

Blue Origin in the United States seeks an experienced flight guidance and control engineer to own algorithms from requirements through flight. You will design, implement, verify, and validate software and models for the New Glenn program.

The role requires strong MATLAB/Simulink skills and hands-on experience with C/C++ flight software, plus the ability to lead cross‑team analyses and formal verification activities.