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True Anomaly is seeking a senior Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to own all aspects of GNC system development for advanced missile and interceptor systems. This role encompasses architecture definition, algorithm design, verification, hardware integration, flight test support, and operational deployment.
Key responsibilities include designing and validating GNC flight software and embedded algorithms for missiles operating across multiple flight regimes and environmental conditions. You will develop and maintain navigation and state estimation algorithms, including sensor fusion frameworks (EKF, UKF, particle filters) that integrate IMU, GPS/INS, seeker data, and other sensor modalities to provide high-rate, high-accuracy state estimates throughout the engagement timeline.
You will develop guidance laws (proportional navigation, augmented PN, optimal guidance) and autopilot designs, implement them in flight software, and verify performance and robustness through high-fidelity 6-DOF simulation, Monte Carlo analysis, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and flight test correlation. Design and maintain high-fidelity simulation environments capturing aerodynamics, propulsion, atmospheric effects, target dynamics, sensor models, and actuator dynamics for SIL, HIL, and mission analysis across the full flight envelope.
Utilize frequency-domain and time-domain control analysis techniques to ensure stability margins. Develop terminal guidance algorithms for intercept of maneuvering targets, including target tracking, aimpoint selection, miss distance prediction, time-to-go estimation, and endgame steering logic.
Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering, physics, or related field, plus 5+ years of relevant GNC engineering experience in aerospace and defense, preferably with tactical missile systems, interceptors, or guided munitions. Strong understanding of physics, rigid body dynamics, intercept geometry, proportional navigation, and real-time software development principles. Proficiency in C++ and/or Python for algorithm development, numerical methods, real-time control, or simulation. Familiarity with missile GNC concepts including guidance laws, autopilot design, sensor fusion, inertial navigation, seeker operation, and aerodynamic/thrust vector control. Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI US government security clearance required.
