Anduril
Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike
$166K–$253K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2025
- Experience
- 7 or more years of experience working on complex air vehicles.
- Education
- BS in a listed or related field with focus on dynamics and control.
About the job
Develops, tests, and integrates guidance, navigation, and control systems and architectures for aerospace vehicles, including missiles and unmanned aircraft.
What you'll do
- Develop, implement, and test GNC algorithms and architectures, using simulation and analysis to assess performance.
- Contribute across system development phases, from concept and prototyping through testing and operation, including flight testing.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on system integration, design reviews, safety assessments, documentation, and troubleshooting.
What they ask for
- BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with focus on dynamics and control.
- Strong theoretical knowledge of classical and modern control theory, estimation, and filtering techniques.
- Experience developing GNC solutions for flight systems; proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, and related toolboxes; familiarization with 6-DOF simulations.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance.
Nice to have
- Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with MDAO, trajectory optimization, code generation from Simulink, C/C++ or Rust, or aerospace GNC architecture development and testing.
Pay
$166,000 — $253,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, Simulink, C, C++, Rust, GPOPS-ii, DIDO, Dymos
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