Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving"]

Senior GNC Engineer role focusing on designing, implementing, testing, and validating guidance, navigation, and control systems for aerospace platforms including missiles and unmanned vehicles. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to develop architectures, perform simulations and ground/flight testing, and apply MDAO methods to balance performance, cost, and risk across flight programs.

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Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

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Job Summary

Senior GNC Engineer role focusing on designing, implementing, testing, and validating guidance, navigation, and control systems for aerospace platforms including missiles and unmanned vehicles. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to develop architectures, perform simulations and ground/flight testing, and apply MDAO methods to balance performance, cost, and risk across flight programs.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

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 spacecraft, sensors, actuators, and algorithms.
  • •Use MDAO techniques for the design and optimization of GNC systems, balancing performance, cost, and risk factors.
  • •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.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceRetirementCommuter BenefitsRelocationTime OffIncome Protection

Key Requirements

  • •BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering or related field with focus on dynamics and control
  • •7 or more years of experience working on complex air vehicles
  • •A strong theoretical knowledge of 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
Experience:7+ yearsAerospaceDefense
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MATLABSimulink6-DOFC/C++JiraGit

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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