Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer

TL;DR

Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer (Aerospace): Support flight control system design, development, test, and field deployment using disciplined, requirements-driven engineering processes with an accent on controls advice, troubleshooting complex issues, and performance analysis. Focus on applying control loop design techniques, developing physics-based models of aerospace components, and analyzing ground and flight test data to improve system models.

Location: Annapolis, MD 21411 (onsite)

Salary: $150,000–$200,000

Company

Staffing firm providing engineering professionals for technical projects.

What you will do

• Provide expert controls advice across the flight controls lifecycle including design, development, test, and deployment.
• Work with program requirements to derive component performance specifications and author project documentation.
• Support design reviews such as test readiness, peer reviews, and critical design reviews (CDR).
• Troubleshoot complex systems issues, recommend solutions, and implement recovery plans.
• Present status, issues, and risks to management and brief senior engineers.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers, technicians, and lab hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering or related field with 6-10+ years of experience in controls.
• Experience supporting flight control systems for unmanned air vehicles using requirements-driven processes.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink; real-time software development experience.
• Knowledge of control loop design, performance analysis, and physics-based modeling of aerospace components.
• Ability to compile and analyze ground/flight test data; experience troubleshooting complex systems.
• Team player comfortable working in labs with flight hardware and test equipment; effective communicator.

Culture & Benefits

• Team-oriented environment emphasizing collaboration across engineering disciplines.
• Flexible work supporting lab and field activities.
• For longer assignments: major medical, dental, vision, 401k, and statutory sick pay where required.
• Equal Opportunity Employer committed to accommodations for disabilities and E-Verify participation.