GNC Engineer, Space

Anduril
California, Denver
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving","Leadership"]

GNC Engineer for Anduril’s Space team designs and validates guidance, navigation, and control subsystems for a range of spacecraft. You’ll work with hardware sensors, orbit mechanics, flight software, and I&T, collaborating across Systems, Mission Operations, and Ground Software to implement autonomous space operations, test plans, and fault-detection capabilities for missions in LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond.

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11 months ago

GNC Engineer, Space

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Job Summary

GNC Engineer for Anduril’s Space team designs and validates guidance, navigation, and control subsystems for a range of spacecraft. You’ll work with hardware sensors, orbit mechanics, flight software, and I&T, collaborating across Systems, Mission Operations, and Ground Software to implement autonomous space operations, test plans, and fault-detection capabilities for missions in LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond.
Location: California, Denver
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Work spacecraft GNC software and hardware subsystems for various spacecraft efforts in all orbital regimes and work closely with bus providers for successful implementation.
  • •Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations with maneuvering capabilities to successfully accomplish mission objectives.
  • •Develop appropriate test plans and procedures to validate the GNC system during ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning and operations.
  • •Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
  • •Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRemote WorkPaid LeaveRetirement

Key Requirements

  • •Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Aerospace Engineering, Dynamics and Controls Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering degree.
  • •Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, Go, and/or Linux Systems.
  • •Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements.
  • •Experience with orbital mechanics and resident space object tracking capabilities.
  • •Familiarity with rendezvous proximity operations and docking, orbital mechanics with propulsive spacecraft, and/or spacecraft attitude determination and controls.
Experience:SpaceDefenseAerospace
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingLeadership
Certifications:Top Secret
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MATLABSimulinkPythonC++GoLinuxHardware-in-the-LoopMonte Carlo

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
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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