Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer

The role

You will lead the creation of control systems for aircraft. You will establish processes and tools for vehicle modeling, GNC algorithm development, and testing and validating the aircraft.

What you will do

• Developing and refining algorithms for flight control, payload management, and autonomy.
• Enhance the design and analysis tools to improve workflow efficiency and promote quality.
• Improve Simulation models with higher fidelity definitions to support development and testing of GNC development.
• Test and Validate GNC system in simulation, subscale, ground, and full-scale flight test.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing control systems for an aircraft.
• Experience using MATLAB/Simulink to develop algorithms, model dynamic systems and analyze system performance.

Nice to have

• 7+ years of experience in aircraft development.
• Worked as part of a small team and supported rapid development.
• Experience in a full aircraft development cycle ( Design - Build - Test).

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave

Before you apply

• Candidates will be subject to a comprehensive background verification process.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of St

About the company

Swarm Aero is building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The team has aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.