What are the responsibilities and job description for the Guidance Navigations & Controls Engineer position at Executive Recruiting Group?
We are seeking a Guidance, Navigations & Controls Engineer that can develop and implement advanced control laws, stability augmentation, and dynamic modeling for air vehicles. You will ensure robust maneuvering, altitude control, and successful transition between flight phases.
Duties:
- Develop and implement flight control algorithms for both boost and ramjet phases
- Analyze vehicle stability and dynamic behavior during boost, transition and sustain
- Build and validate linear/non linear models of vehicle dynamics
- Integrate control laws with propulsion inputs and guidance requirements
- Support simulation environment development (MATLAB/Simulink,Python)
- Conduct hardware-in-the-loop(HIL) simulations and software testing
- B.S./M.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical,Controls or Systems Engineering
- 3-10 years of experience in flight control, stability or vehicle dynamics
- Demonstrated experience with control law development and implementation
- Strong skills in MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or equivalent modeling tools
- Experience with multip-phase flight regimes and dynamic simulations
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience with missile, UAV, or high speed flight control systems
- Background in model validation, HIL simulation, or embedded control testing
- Familiarity with propulsion/vehicle interaction during variable thrust events
Salary : $120,000 - $175,000