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Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer - Navigation and Estimation- Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Vehicle Software : Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC)
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Costa Mesa, CA$129k - $191kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer specializing in Navigation and Estimation to develop, test, and integrate navigation systems for subsonic to hypersonic aerospace platforms, including INS/GNSS fusion, navigation filtering, and sensor fusion across multiple domains.

Responsibilities

  • Lead navigation system design for one or more Anduril products, cradle-to-grave ownership.
  • Analyze and help develop mission requirements and constraints to determine optimal navigation system architecture.
  • Support and drive evaluation and integration of advanced alternative navigation aiding sources (lab, motion, and flight tests).
  • Support flight testing to measure & validate navigation performance and troubleshoot anomalies.
  • Perform trade studies, modeling, simulation and other analyses to validate algorithm and navigation stack accuracy, robustness, and performance.
  • Conduct simulation and testing for validation of navigation algorithms and system performance.
  • Collect and analyze platform telemetry data to validate platform operation and performance.
  • Support design, development, integration and testing of an inertial navigation system (INS) for aerospace vehicles (UAS, spacecraft, missiles, etc.).
  • Use and update navigation filters, models, and simulations to improve navigation performance.
  • Develop algorithms for navigation, guidance, and control systems, including Extended Kalman filters and other estimation methods.
  • Develop advanced sensor fusion algorithms leveraging INS, GNSS, cameras, LiDAR, and other sensors for navigation in complex environments across subsea, surface, air, and space domains.
  • Apply covariance analysis techniques for requirements derivation and to optimize navigation performance and uncertainty assessments.
  • Improve calibration procedures for sensor suites used in aerospace navigation systems.
  • Collaborate with GNC, Flight Software, MSA, T&E, and product teams to integrate navigation software/hardware into flight systems.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
  • Strong bias for action, ability to thrive in uncertainty, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Proficiency in MATLAB & Simulink, C/C++
  • Strong knowledge of navigation principles including inertial navigation, GPS
  • Experience characterizing, integrating, and testing INS, GNSS, vision-based, and odometry modalities
  • Experience with navigation system design, development and testing on aerospace systems
  • Expertise in Kalman filtering, Extended Kalman filtering, and other estimation techniques
  • Experience with real-time systems and embedded software development
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
  • General knowledge of guidance and flight control systems
  • Experience optimizing and tuning navigation system performance, error modeling, and system uncertainty assessments
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance

Skills

Required:Navigation system designMATLAB & SimulinkC/C++Inertial navigation systems (INS)GNSS/ navigation sensorsKalman filtering / EKFReal-time / embedded systemsSensor fusion
Nice to have:Covariance analysis

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and related support)
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Equity grants considered part of total compensation
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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