Senior GNC Engineer, Space · Anduril Industries

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:07:06 GMT
Engineering

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · $191,000-$253,000 USD · onsite

As a Sr. GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) Engineer for our Space team, you will own the understanding and design of all satellite GNC subsystems. The GNC engineering team will work closely with related teams, including Systems, Flight Software, Mission Operations, and Ground Software. The Sr. GNC Engineer will lead algorithm design, truth and physics modeling, simulation and analysis for a wide variety of spacecraft and space missions.

Lead spacecraft GNC software and hardware subsystems for various spacecraft efforts in all orbital regimes and work closely with bus providers for successful implementation.

Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations with maneuvering capabilities to successfully accomplish mission objectives.

Develop appropriate test plans and procedures to validate the GNC system during ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning and operations.

Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.

Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.

Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems.

Directly interact with customers to ensure mission success.

Design of flight software, algorithms, and simulation products.

Development of spacecraft autonomy tools for dynamic space operations - Test process development and execution.

Define automated fault detection and responses.

Provide hardware-in-the-loop and monte-carlo simulation capabilities.