Principal GNC Engineer

Mach
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 240,000 - 280,000 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Systems thinking","Mentoring","Communication","Engineering rigor"]

Define and mature the end-to-end guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) architecture for autonomous aircraft and related defense platforms. Own system-level decisions across requirements, modeling and simulation, state estimation and control law design, and flight-test readiness. Lead SIL/HIL verification, production implementation in embedded real-time software, Monte Carlo analysis, and coordinated test planning, safety reviews, anomaly resolution, and deployment. Mentor engineers and drive engineering rigor from early design through qualification.

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Principal GNC Engineer

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Job Summary

Define and mature the end-to-end guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) architecture for autonomous aircraft and related defense platforms. Own system-level decisions across requirements, modeling and simulation, state estimation and control law design, and flight-test readiness. Lead SIL/HIL verification, production implementation in embedded real-time software, Monte Carlo analysis, and coordinated test planning, safety reviews, anomaly resolution, and deployment. Mentor engineers and drive engineering rigor from early design through qualification.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end GNC architecture and technical roadmap across all mission phases from launch/takeoff through terminal operations, recovery, or landing.
  • •Translate mission objectives into GNC requirements, interfaces, performance budgets, and verification criteria.
  • •Design and mature guidance algorithms, control laws, state-estimation solutions, gain schedules, and control-allocation strategies for robust performance under uncertainty and off-nominal conditions.
  • •Lead flight-dynamics modeling, system identification, and model correlation using CFD, wind-tunnel, ground-test, and flight-test data; establish SIL/HIL verification workflows.
  • •Drive embedded production implementation and flight readiness activities including test planning, safety reviews, range execution, data analysis, anomaly resolution, and rapid iteration.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 240,000 - 280,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirementPaid LeaveLearning BudgetEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, robotics, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • •10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and testing GNC systems for aircraft, missiles, launch vehicles, spacecraft, high-performance UAVs, or comparable autonomous platforms.
  • •Demonstrated ownership across requirements, analysis, implementation, verification, integration, and flight test of a GNC system.
  • •Deep knowledge of flight dynamics, stability/control, control theory, state estimation, trajectory generation, and system identification.
  • •Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink for modeling and analysis and C or modern C++ for production/embedded implementations.
Experience:10+ yearsDefense technologyAutonomous aircraftUAVs
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipSystems thinkingMentoringCommunicationEngineering rigor
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GNCMATLABSimulinkCC++Monte Carlo analysisCFDWind-tunnelSILHILGitContinuous integrationCode reviewIssue trackingRequirements traceabilityConfiguration managementState estimationTrajectory generationSystem identification

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Mach
Designs and manufactures unmanned systems, tactical engines, and decentralized defense manufacturing infrastructure (Forge) to scale production of autonomous aerial systems and related propulsion for U.S. defense customers and partners.
Industry: Defense Manufacturing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Huntington Beach, United States
Founded: 2023
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