# Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer - Rotorcraft/VTOL

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000-$253,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer - Rotorcraft/VTOL will play a pivotal role in developing, testing, and implementing GNC systems and architectures for air vehicle platforms developed by Anduril or a 3rd party.

**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 vehicle, sensors, actuators, and algorithms.

- 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, mission autonomy engineers, and test engineers to ensure system-wide integration and performance.

- Contribute to design reviews, safety assessments, and system documentation.

- Use simulation and analysis tools to verify GNC models and system performance under different operating conditions.

- Provide system engineering expertise in the development of GNC systems, ensuring a cohesive and efficient approach to the design and implementation process.

- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to GNC systems during design, testing, and operational phases.

- Keep updated with the latest technologies and trends in GNC engineering and system architecture design.

**Requirements**

- BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering or related field with focus on dynamics and control

- 8 or more years of experience in Guidance, Navigation & Control engineering or related technical experience

- A strong theoretical knowledge of classical and modern control theory, estimation, and filtering techniques.

- Exceptional understanding of flight dynamics (Vertical Take-off and Landing - VTOL and Conventional Take-off and Landing - CTOL)

- Experience with developing GNC solutions for flight systems

- Experience with developing, integrating, and troubleshooting tools for linear analysis of dynamic systems

- Proficiency with GNC simulation tools like MATLAB, Simulink, and related toolboxes

- Familiarization with 6-DOF simulations

**Preferred Qualifications**

- A Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is a plus

- Practical experience developing GNC designs for flight systems.

- Extensive experience in GNC system and architecture development and testing, preferably in the aerospace industry.

- Experience generating in C or C++ code from Simulink models.

- Experience writing code in C/C++ or Rust

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

- Familiarity with agile and Lean product development methodologies such as Scrum.

- Experience using Jira, Git, GitHub, or GitLab

- Understanding of and compliance with industry, safety, and quality standards appropriate for the application

**Benefits** Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to support health, recovery, and overall well-being.

## Skills

### Required
- Guidance, Navigation & Control
- Robotics
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Aerospace Engineering
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- C
- C++
- Rust

### Nice to have
- Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
- GNC system and architecture development and testing
- Experience with Jira, Git, GitHub, or GitLab
- Agile and Lean product development methodologies

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