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

**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 will play a pivotal role in driving the design, development, testing, and implementation of cutting-edge flight system technologies for aerospace systems.

Responsibilities:

- Develop, implement, and test algorithms for guidance, navigation, and control systems.

- Design, implement, and assess GNC architectures.

- Use MDAO techniques for the design and optimization of GNC systems.

- Participate in all phases of system development.

- Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team.

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

- Use simulation and analysis tools to verify GNC models and system performance.

- Provide system engineering expertise.

- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to GNC systems.

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

Required Qualifications:

- BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering or related field.

- 7 or more years of experience working on complex air vehicles.

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

- Experience with developing GNC solutions for flight systems.

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

- Familiarization with 6-DOF simulations.

- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

- Strong understanding of flight mechanics and related physics.

- Practical experience developing GNC designs for flight systems.

- Extensive experience in GNC system and architecture development and testing.

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

- Proven experience in applying MDAO methods and tools.

- Experience with direct and indirect trajectory optimization methods.

- 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.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary range: $166,000-$253,000 USD.

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

- Income protection: life and disability insurance.

- Generous time off: highly competitive PTO plans.

- Family planning and parenting support.

- Mental health resources.

- Professional development: annual reimbursement.

- Commuter benefits.

- Relocation assistance.

- Retirement savings plan.

## Skills

### Required
- Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC)
- Aerospace Engineering
- Flight Systems
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- Control Theory
- Estimation
- Filtering Techniques
- MDAO techniques
- C/C++
- Rust

### Nice to have
- Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
- Flight Mechanics
- GNC system and architecture development
- Trajectory Optimization
- MDA methods and tools
- Simulink models
- Direct and indirect trajectory optimization methods
- C/C++ or Rust coding

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