Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted
30 days ago
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About Anduril Industries

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 · Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer

Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer - Navigation and Estimation- Air Dominance & Strike joins the Flight Engineering team to drive the design, development, testing, and implementation of flight system technologies for aerospace systems. This role involves cradle-to-grave ownership of navigation systems for subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic autonomous platforms, including tactical missiles and strategic weapons. You will develop and integrate navigation architectures, perform trade studies, conduct modeling and simulation, and analyze platform telemetry to validate performance. Key responsibilities include developing estimation methods like Extended Kalman filters, performing covariance analysis, and integrating sensor fusion using INS, GNSS, cameras, and LiDAR. The role requires proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, and C/C++ to develop algorithms for complex environments across air, subsea, surface, and space domains. You will also manage hardware integration and calibration for aerospace navigation systems.

What you'll do

  • Lead the cradle-to-grave design and ownership of navigation systems for multiple Anduril products.
  • Develop advanced sensor fusion algorithms using INS, GNSS, cameras, and LiDAR for diverse environments.
  • Create and implement estimation methods such as Extended Kalman filters to improve navigation performance.
  • Conduct trade studies, modeling, and simulations to validate algorithm accuracy and system robustness.
  • Perform ground and flight tests to measure navigation performance and troubleshoot operational anomalies.
  • Analyze platform telemetry data to validate the operation and performance of aerospace vehicles.
  • Improve sensor suite calibration procedures for use in various aerospace navigation systems.
  • Integrate navigation hardware and software into real-world flight systems across subsea, surface, air, and space domains.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance.
  • 3 or more years of experience in Guidance, Navigation & Control engineering or related technical experience (for GNC Engineer role).
  • 8 or more years of experience in Guidance, Navigation & Control engineering or related technical experience (for Senior GNC Engineer role).
  • Proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, and C/C++.
  • Expertise in Kalman filtering, Extended Kalman filtering, and other estimation techniques.
  • Experience characterizing, integrating, and testing inertial and non-inertial sensing modalities like INS, GNSS, vision-based, and odometry.
  • Experience with real-time systems and embedded software development; hardware integration is preferred.

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