Senior Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike - Advanced Effects

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 191,000 - 253,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Analytical","Strategic thinking"]

Senior GNC Engineer responsible for developing, testing, and integrating advanced guidance, navigation and control architectures for subsonic to hypersonic autonomous aerospace systems. Collaborates across systems and flight software teams, uses MATLAB/Simulink for modeling and testing, contributes to design reviews and safety assessments, and supports flight testing and system documentation in a fast-paced defense program.

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Anduril
7 months ago

Senior Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike - Advanced Effects

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Job Summary

Senior GNC Engineer responsible for developing, testing, and integrating advanced guidance, navigation and control architectures for subsonic to hypersonic autonomous aerospace systems. Collaborates across systems and flight software teams, uses MATLAB/Simulink for modeling and testing, contributes to design reviews and safety assessments, and supports flight testing and system documentation in a fast-paced defense program.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop, implement, and test algorithms for guidance, navigation, and control systems in line with project requirements.
  • •Design, implement, and assess the GNC architectures considering all elements, including sensors, actuators, and algorithms.
  • •Participate in all phases of system development, from concept to design, prototyping, testing, and operation.
  • •Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team including systems engineers, flight software engineers, and test engineers to ensure system-wide integration and performance.
  • •Contribute to design reviews, safety assessments, and system documentation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 191,000 - 253,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsurancePension401kEquityRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering or related field with focus on dynamics and control
  • •A strong theoretical knowledge of flight mechanics, classical and modern control theory, estimation, and filtering techniques
  • •Experience with developing GNC solutions for flight systems
  • •Proficiency with GNC simulation tools like MATLAB, Simulink and related toolboxes
  • •Familiarization with 6-DOF simulations
Experience:AerospaceDefenseGNCFlight dynamics
Education:Bachelor's in Robotics / Aerospace Engineering
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkAnalyticalStrategic thinking
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MATLABSimulinkCC++GitJira

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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