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Senior GNC Engineer, Space

Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering : GNC & Simulation Engineering
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Washington, DC$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) Engineer for Anduril's Space team responsible for understanding, designing, and validating satellite GNC subsystems across orbital regimes, leading algorithm design, modeling, simulation, and integration to enable autonomous spacecraft operations.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Astrodynamics, Aerospace Engineering, Dynamics and Controls Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering degree.
  • Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, Go, and/or Linux Systems.
  • Experience conducting spacecraft operations and satellite command and control with an emphasis on system reliability and uptime.
  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements.
  • Experience with orbital mechanics and resident space object tracking capabilities.
  • Experience developing 3-DOF simplified and 6-DOF high-fidelity dynamics simulation models used for GNC systems analysis and validation.
  • Familiarity with rendezvous proximity operations and docking, orbital mechanics with propulsive spacecraft, spacecraft attitude determination and controls.
  • Strong knowledge of spacecraft dynamics, orbital mechanics, and control theory.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:GNC design and implementationSoftware developmentSimulation & modeling

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health, recovery, and security.
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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