May 2027 New Graduate Engineer, GNC & Modeling and Simulation

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop and test guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for autonomous aircraft and missile systems.
• Build simulations and models to evaluate vehicle dynamics and system performance.
• Support the development of flight-control laws, guidance algorithms, navigation filters, and state-estimation methods.
• Analyze flight and test data to evaluate performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, ground, and flight testing.
• Integrate GNC algorithms with flight software, sensors, actuators, avionics, and propulsion systems.
• Perform Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity analyses across different operating conditions.
• Document algorithms, simulation results, test procedures, and technical findings.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Graduating by summer 2027
• Coursework or project experience in dynamics, controls, estimation, navigation, robotics, or flight mechanics.
• Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, or a similar technical programming language.
• Strong understanding of linear algebra, differential equations, and control-system fundamentals.
• Experience gained through internships, research, academic projects, or student engineering teams
• Experience with flight-control design, trajectory optimization, sensor fusion, or state estimation.
• Familiarity with Kalman filters, PID control, optimal control, or nonlinear control methods.