Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer

Weeghman & Briggs LLC

• $110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience with a Master's degree, or 17 years with a Bachelor's degree plus additional experience.
  • Experience supporting government or DoD programs.
  • Proven ability to work independently and in team settings.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • In-depth knowledge of guidance, navigation, and control systems, including control theory and flight dynamics.

Responsibilities

  • Support mission-critical programs within secure government settings.
  • Analyze and translate requirements into actionable engineering solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for high-quality project outcomes.
  • Ensure compliance with contract obligations and security protocols.
  • Propose improvements for processes and system performance.
  • Evaluate propulsion and navigation systems using simulations and modeling techniques.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting professional and personal needs.
Full Job Description
Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer

Location: Huntsville, AL | Onsite Clearance Required: Minimum TS Clearence Employment Type: Full-Time

What You'll Do
  • Support mission-critical programs in secure government environments
  • Analyze requirements and translate them into actionable solutions
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results
  • Ensure compliance with contract and security standards
  • Contribute ideas to improve processes, efficiency, and performance
  • Evaluates propulsion, navigation systems, and control mechanisms; uses simulations and modeling to assess performance under varied operating conditions and identify capabilities and improvement areas.

What You Bring
  • Experience supporting government or DoD programs
  • Ability to work independently and within a collaborative team environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong knowledge of GNC; control theory; flight dynamics; navigation; trajectory analysis; simulation
  • Minimum of 12 years of experience with Master's degree related to the labor category; or related bachelor's plus 5 additional years of related senior experience, for 17 total years, as substitute for master's.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Agile, cloud, or modernization experience
  • Background in process improvement or analytical services
  • Experience/strong knowledge of missile/space systems; estimation; Kalman filtering; MATLAB/Simulink; Monte Carlo

Compensation & Benefits

At Weeghman & Briggs, we believe our people are our greatest strength. We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support you both professionally and personally.

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