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Senior Guidance – Navigation – Controls Engineer

Senior Guidance – Navigation – Controls Engineer

CompanyAnduril
LocationNewport Beach, CA, USA
Salary$168000 – $252000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with a focus on dynamic systems and control
  • 8 years professional experience in a GNC role, preferably on airborne platforms
  • Experience with Matlab and Simulink
  • Experience in modeling and simulation of linear and nonlinear dynamic systems and model linearization
  • A passion for defending the Unites States of America and its allies
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Develop, debug, and test flight controllers and guidance algorithms
  • Develop and test Software-In-The-Loop and Hardware-In-The-Loop tests in preparation for flight testing
  • Work closely with the flight software team to define requirements, integrate GNC software and test functionality in simulation
  • Review test data captured from the flight control system, subsystems, and other test instrumentation to verify vehicle performance, evaluate GNC algorithm/controller behavior, or debug incidents during testing or from fielded assets
  • Develop models required to support functional evaluation of GNC software

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree of PhD in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with a focus on dynamic systems and control
  • Experience with state estimation – Kalman filtering, sensor fusion, etc.
  • Experience with integrating and debugging navigation systems for aerial platforms
  • Experience with flight control design and analysis for fixed and rotary wing aircraft or missile systems
  • Experience with guidance algorithm development
  • C/C++ Proficiency
  • Experience with Simulink Embedded Coder