Job Title: Guidance Navigation Control EngineerIII Work Location: Onsite in Chandler, AZ
Duration: 12 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Work Authorization: US Citizen; must hold a current/active Secret security clearance
Position Summary: - In this role, you will lead the development and evaluation of guidance, navigation, and control systems for advanced aerospace applications, focusing on seekerbased missile engagements and precision intercept performance.
- You will own key algorithm design and analysis tasks, applying mathematical models, control theory, and state estimation techniques to process complex seeker measurements and drive guidance and control laws.
- Your work will include architecting and maintaining sixdegreeoffreedom (6DOF) simulations, defining performance metrics, integrating hardware and software components, and conducting rigorous performance assessments and trade studies.
- You will mentor earlycareer engineers, provide technical directions on seeker and tracking approaches, and collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure system reliability and mission success.
Responsibilities: - Leading the design, development, implementation, verification, and test of highquality flight and simulation software; owning the design and maintenance of 6DOF simulations used to develop, analyze, and validate flight algorithms and code; optimizing flight and simulation software for performance, robustness, and maintainability; defining and executing analysis campaigns using trajectory optimization and evaluation tools; and presenting technical results, risks, and recommendations to program leadership.
- This position is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining required program access(es), within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience, or a Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience, or a PhD with 0 years of professional experience, in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Must have an existing U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level.
- Demonstrated experience with guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) concepts, algorithms, or analysis for aerospace or missile systems.
- Experience leading or significantly contributing to development, modeling, simulation, test, integration, or analysis activities for aerospace, missiles, spacecraft, or autonomous systems.
- Proficiency with one or more of the following: MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar technical software tools, with development in a Linux environment.
Preferred Qualifications: - Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Strong foundation in control systems theory, guidance law development, and flight software implementation.
- Experience with state estimation and nonlinear filtering (e.g., Kalman Filter, Extended Kalman Filter, Unscented Kalman Filter), including tuning and performance assessment in realistic scenarios.
- Deep domain knowledge in target tracking and seeker systems (infrared and/or radio frequency), including requirements definition and algorithm design.
- Experience developing and validating target dynamics and measurement models and integrating them into endtoend 6DOF simulations.
- Experience with seeker measurements such as angleonly measurements, lineofsight (LOS) rate estimation, pixel/centroidbased measurements for infrared seekers, and/or range, rangerate (Doppler), azimuth/elevation, and angleonly tracking for RF seekers.
- Experience with data association methods, track initiation and maintenance logic, and multitarget tracking in the presence of false alarms and clutter.
- Proven ability to lead small technical teams or work packages, mentor junior engineers, and communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python and experience with software development tools such as Jira, version control, and continuous integration workflows in a Linux environment.
Website: www.mavensoft.com
