Guidance & Controls Engineer

Job Requirements Niceville, FL Clearance Unspecified Polygraph not specified Early Career (2+ yrs experience) $110,000 - $160,000 Job Description Guidance & Controls Engineer We are an industry leader in GPS/INS engineering, munition design, analysis, integration, and testing. To support our growing organization, we are seeking a highly organized, goal-oriented G&C engineer for our Niceville, FL location. The ideal candidate will play a key role in the design, development, integration, and maintenance of complex defense systems. The position requires a strong background in systems engineering, a keen understanding of defense industry standards, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of defense systems, ensuring they meet stringent specifications and performance requirements
• Support the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions and lower level requirements to support technical, schedule and cost restraints
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify root causes and implement solutions
• Conduct hardware and software integration testing by executing test procedures, troubleshooting real-time system interfaces, and validating performance against design specifications in a lab or range environment. Participate/lead and coordinate preparation, conduct and closeout of internal and external customers reviews: SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and Stage Gate reviews
• Identify potential risks and cost associated with system development and implementation
• Ensure compliance with defense industry standards and regulations
• Periodic travel for support of integration and test events Provides an excellent employee benefit package including highly competitive salary, bonus, safe harbor self-directed 401k, company paid group life insurance, medical and PTO, along with education reimbursement.

This is an on-site position which requires periodic travel in support of programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering,physics, or a related STEM field.
• 3+ years of experience within the DoD or Aerospace industry in feedback control system design, trajectory optimization, guidance, or optimal estimation
• Knowledge of basic aerodynamic principles
• Proven experience in rapid development environments
• Demonstrated proficiency in the full requirements lifecycle, including development, management, and configuration control
• Experience managing and collaborating across Multi-Discipline Teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, GNC, Manufacturing, Operations) to ensure system-level design integrity
• Experience with Integration, Test, Verification and Validation of systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to present technical data to stakeholders.
• Must be able to verify U.S. citizenship
• Ability to obtain necessary security clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience integrating

GPS/GNSS

receivers and navigation subsystems into aircraft or similar platforms

• Technical understanding of

GPS/GNSS

hardware components, including antenna placement, RF cabling, signal receivers, and keying requirements

• High-level proficiency in navigation system architectures and the functional utilization of GPS data
• Experience with Model Based Engineering (MBSE) principles and tools, such as SysML, Cameo, or equivalent modeling software
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