23h ago
Senior GNC Engineer
Playa Vista, California, United States
$139k-$199k / year
full-timesenioraerospace
๐ Tech Stack
๐ผ About This Role
You'll own a substantial aspect of Guidance, Navigation, and Control for our next-generation reentry vehicles. You'll develop novel algorithms for final landing stages, build simulations, and rapidly flight test to achieve precise landings. This is a unique opportunity to define vehicle architecture and solve new design challenges for the world's first reentry vehicle designed to turn space into a transportation layer for Earth.
๐ฏ What You'll Do
- Develop novel GNC algorithms for final landing stages
- Build modeling and simulation for rapid iteration
- Flight test algorithms to achieve required performance
- Define vehicle architecture and solve new design challenges
๐ Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing and testing GNC algorithms and systems
- Strong understanding of controls and estimation algorithms including Kalman filtering and sensor fusion
- Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or C++ for simulation and analysis
โจ Nice to Have
- Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering
- Experience with guidance and trajectory planning algorithms
- Experience building code deployed to real hardware in a compute-restricted environment
๐ Benefits & Perks
- ๐ฐ Competitive salary
- ๐๏ธ Flexible PTO
- ๐ฉบ Health insurance
- ๐ Equity
๐จ Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate
- 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
- 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
- 3Onsite Interviewยท 4 hours
๐ฉ Heads Up
- Requires US citizenship due to ITAR regulations
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