Software Engineer, GNC Modeling

What you'll do

• Build vehicle, interceptor, and weapon-effectiveness models, simulations, and mission engineering tools.
• Develop resource models, control systems, trajectory prediction, and state estimation for dynamic threats and assets.
• Integrate and validate modeling technologies in the command-and-control software stack, supporting mission use cases.

What they ask for

• 3+ years in algorithm design, software development, and mathematical modeling; programming expertise in Python and MATLAB.
• Demonstrated GNC, trajectory prediction/state estimation, and/or predictive vehicle dynamics or weapon-effectiveness modeling experience.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Applied mathematics knowledge, including linear algebra, optimization, and statistics, for physics-based modeling and simulation.

Nice to have

• Experience with Rust for high-performance, safety-critical software.
• Background in physics-based modeling of interceptors or other high-speed aerial vehicles.

Pay

$129,000 — $171,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, MATLAB, C/C++, Rust, A*, D* Lite

AI focus

Exposure to machine learning for planning and decision-making, including reinforcement learning, learned heuristics, and behavior prediction.