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

Anduril Industries

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Location
Costa Mesa, CA
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$129,000–$220,000 / yr
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

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TL;DR · Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

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Anduril’s Flight Engineering department, part of the Air Dominance and Strike organization, is seeking a senior Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to join its team. This critical role involves designing, implementing, and assessing GNC architectures for aerospace systems such as missiles and unmanned air vehicles, using MDAO techniques to optimize performance while balancing cost and risk factors. The successful candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including systems engineers and flight software developers to ensure seamless integration of these complex systems. Required qualifications include 3 or more years of experience in GNC engineering, strong theoretical knowledge of control theory and filtering techniques, proficiency with MATLAB and Simulink, and a Top Secret clearance. Preferred skills encompass practical experience in developing GNC designs for flight systems, expertise in trajectory optimization methods, and coding in C/C++ or Rust.

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MATLAB Simulink C C++ Rust MDAO GPOPS-ii DIDO Dymos CasADi IPOPT Python Git CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Design and implement GNC architectures for aerospace systems.
  • Optimize GNC systems using MDAO techniques to balance performance, cost, and risk.
  • Develop and test GNC algorithms and simulations in MATLAB and Simulink.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure system-wide integration.
  • Apply trajectory optimization methods and tools in complex system design.
  • Write efficient C or C++ code from Simulink models for flight systems.

What we're looking for

  • 3 or more years of GNC engineering experience
  • Strong knowledge of control theory, estimation, and filtering techniques
  • Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, and related toolboxes
  • Experience in designing and optimizing GNC systems using MDAO methods
  • Current U.S. Top Secret clearance required
  • Practical experience developing GNC designs for flight systems preferred

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