Castelion
GNC Engineer
Torrance, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- Torrance, CA
19951 Mariner Ave, Torance, CA 90503 - Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing. If the position is designated for classified or restricted government access, required security clearance or other authorization and applicable citizenship or eligibility requirements may apply.
About the job
Develops guidance, navigation, and control algorithms, models, simulations, and flight software for high-speed vehicles, supporting work from analysis through testing and flight.
What you'll do
- Develop and tune flight control, guidance, and navigation algorithms; implement and test them in flight software.
- Build and improve high-fidelity 6-DOF simulations, vehicle models, and Monte Carlo, SITL, and HITL testing environments.
- Support vehicle analysis and flight-test planning, execution, and post-flight analysis; use test and flight data to improve models and performance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Familiarity with aerodynamics, flight dynamics, and rigid-body dynamics.
- Strong fundamentals in dynamics, controls, estimation, numerical methods, or simulation.
- Strong programming skills in Rust, C/C++, Python, Julia, or a similar language; demonstrated technical problem-solving ability and clear communication.
Nice to have
- Experience in flight controls, guidance, navigation, estimation, actuation, vehicle simulation, or related areas such as Kalman filtering and trajectory optimization.
- Experience with embedded or real-time software, SITL/HITL, test data, or hands-on complex hardware systems.
Tools
Rust, C/C++, Python, Julia, 6-DOF, SITL, HITL
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