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A Level 5 GN&C Integration Engineer drives the end-to-end development, integration, and verification of complex aerospace or defense systems. This senior staff role requires translating high-level requirements into actionable control algorithms, validating software-in-the-loop (SWIL)/hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) environments, and overseeing system performance across all mission phases.
The Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Integration Engineer (Level 5) will lead the design, analysis, and integration of cutting-edge flight control and estimation architectures. Operating as a senior technical authority, you will bridge the gap between system simulation, algorithmic design, flight software implementation, and hardware testing, ensuring seamless vehicle performance from concept to deployment.
Key Responsibilities
Algorithm & Control Design: Tune advanced control laws, state estimators (e.g., Kalman filters), and guidance logic for complex trajectories and mission profiles.
System Integration: Integrate GN&C algorithms into 6-DOF dynamic simulations and collaborate closely with systems, avionics, and software teams to ensure hardware compatibility.
Testing & Validation: Oversee verification and validation (V&V) protocols, including hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing, simulation dispersion analysis, and post-flight data analysis.
Requirement Definition: Translate mission constraints and customer needs into specific GN&C hardware/software flow-down requirements.
Technical Leadership: Guide junior engineers, present technical findings at design reviews (PDR/CDR), and drive root-cause analysis during anomaly resolution.