Mach Industries
Principal GNC Engineer
$240K–$280K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 10 or more years of relevant work.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, robotics, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment offers may be conditioned on export-control authorization without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Defines, develops, and flight-proves guidance, navigation, and control systems for autonomous aircraft and related defense platforms, from vehicle design through flight qualification and deployment.
What you'll do
- Own GNC architecture and requirements, and develop guidance, control, and state-estimation solutions.
- Lead modeling, simulation, verification, embedded implementation, and flight-test planning and execution.
- Guide multidisciplinary technical decisions, resolve integration risks, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
- Typically 10 or more years of relevant GNC experience, including designing, implementing, and testing systems for aircraft or comparable autonomous systems.
- Demonstrated ownership of a GNC system across development phases, including implementation, verification, integration, and flight test.
- Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink and C or modern C++; experience with Monte Carlo analysis and SIL/HIL environments.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a related field.
- Experience fielding autonomous fixed-wing aircraft or high-performance unmanned systems.
Pay
$240,000 — $280,000 USD base salary
Tools
MATLAB/Simulink, C, C++, Git, PX4, ROS 2, DO-178C
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