GN&C Engineer – ADV000AAY/B1 Position Available In Madison, Alabama

GN&C Engineer – ADV000AAY/B1

Job Employer Name:

Amentum Space Exploration Division

SpiderID:

13974809

Location:

Huntsville, Alabama

Date Posted:

4/8/2025

Wage:

Category:

Engineering

Job Code:

ADV000AAY/B1

Job Description:

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED), a primary contractor for NASA since 1989, is comprised of 10 companies and is located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL (ranked #7 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News).
Grow With Us
Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like Team Lead Academy, education reimbursement, mentoring, and company sponsored networking events, you can take control of your own career path on your own terms with a company that believes in you.
A Place Where You Belong
At the Amentum Space Exploration Division, people are at the heart of our business. We reflect a diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. We expect our people, clients, and partners to treat one another with dignity and respect. This means promoting inclusion, celebrating diversity, and appreciating the differences we all bring to our workplace.
Support Your Well-Being
Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs, 11 paid holidays, parental leave, paid time off, employee perks and much more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and possible remote a few days a week (depending on customer requirements) we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home.

Position Description:

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) team is a high performing group executing challenging tasks to design and integrate GN&C systems for projects ranging from CubeSats, to Mars sample return, to NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). We are searching for highly qualified candidates to support the SLS program in the Control Systems Design and Analysis branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Successful candidates will serve as a Senior Dynamics, Controls, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Engineer. This exciting work will serve as a critical step in sending humans back to the Moon, Mars and beyond! Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to project/program team members
• Develop, model, simulate, and analyze launch vehicle and spacecraft dynamics (including flexible body, slosh, actuators, etc.), control systems, performance, and stability in both the frequency and time domains with varying levels of fidelity
• Conduct trades studies and/or sensitivity analyses related to launch vehicles and spacecraft
• Create, edit, and debug software written in C/C , Matlab, Simulink, and/or other languages
• Develop, modify, maintain, and improve software simulations, tools, and scripts
• Support the design, integration, analysis, and documentation of GN&C products
• Prepare and present technical reports and/or briefings including visualization of results
• Create and review engineering and software documentation

Job Requirements:

A degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field is required. A degree from an ABET-accredited university is preferred.
(AAY)Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a minimum of a MS with at least 3 years of experience, or BS with at least 5 years of experience.
(AB1) Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a Ph.D., with a minimum 14 years of experience, MS with at least 18 years of experience, or BS with at least 20 years of experience.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Ability to derive nonlinear and linear state equations related to dynamical systems, spacecraft, and launch vehicles and develop closed form solutions to those where appropriate
• Proficiency modeling, simulating, analyzing, and verifying/validating the performance of launch vehicles, missiles, hypersonic vehicles, sounding rockets, or spacecraft.
• Proficiency in design, development, modeling, simulation, and analysis of flight/attitude control systems using classical and/or modern control techniques. i.e. autopilot
• Proficiency analyzing system performance in the time and frequency domain including Nichols, Bode, etc. using parametric, Monte Carlo, and statistical techniques
• Ability to analyze the impacts of using thrust vector control actuators (hydraulic and/or electromechanical) or other feedback-controlled effectors including structural interactions.
• Programming in Matlab, Simulink, and/or C/C
• Ability to utilize and work with coordinate frames, transformations, and quaternions
• Experience with advanced control techniques, including adaptive and nonlinear control design, simulation, and stability analysis.
• Familiarity with and an understanding of trajectory and orbital dynamics
• Must be detail oriented, self-motivated, and can work both independently and collaboratively
• Experience with providing technical presentations to a broad array of audiences
• Strong written and oral communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
  Desired skills/

Experience:

• Experience performing control system optimization(s)
• Modeling of aerodynamics, slosh, pogo, and other dynamics impacting vehicle stability.
• Familiarity with software development, verification, and validation.

Star ID will be required to obtain access to MSFC.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
We are a background screening, drug-free workplace.
ASED offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations!
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Amentum Space Exploration Division City:

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Alabama Zip:

35806