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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer (Experienced or Senior)

The Boeing Company Hazelwood, MO On-site senior full-time

Salary

$115,600 – $156,400 per year

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Description

Boeing Defense, Space & Security's Air Dominance division is seeking experienced or senior-level Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineers in Hazelwood, MO.

The role involves supporting new product design, development, integration, and flight testing for the Air Dominance Portfolio, including the F-15, F/A-18, MQ-25, T-7A, and proprietary air dominance programs.

Responsibilities:

  • Define GNC mission requirements and ensure quality from system to component level
  • Develop and refine complex simulation models using multidisciplinary data
  • Implement and test vehicle models and controllers using various software languages
  • Design flight control laws using modern control techniques and tools
  • Assess and refine control law design using nonlinear analysis
  • Validate models against test data to improve simulation accuracy
  • Develop supplementary controllers and limiters
  • Collaborate with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems software engineers
  • Support flight simulations, hardware development, and testing
  • Lead design reviews, analyses, and component/system testing
  • Train and coach others

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or equivalent
  • 5+ years of work-related experience with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination
  • 3+ years of experience in Guidance Navigation and Control engineering
  • Experience with Matlab/Simulink or MatrixX

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 9+ years of work-related experience with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance or higher
  • Experience with simulation, system and component modeling
  • Experience with implementing algorithms in real-time systems
  • Hardware in the Loop Simulator (HILS) experience
  • Prior experience in flight test support

Benefits:

  • Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
  • Boeing 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 10% of eligible pay
  • Student Loan Match program
  • Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, and more

Skills

Required

  • Guidance Navigation and Control
  • Matlab/Simulink
  • MatrixX
  • C
  • C++
  • FORTRAN
  • Python

Nice to have

  • simulation
  • system and component modeling
  • real-time systems
  • Hardware in the Loop Simulator (HILS)
  • flight test support
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