Guidance and Control Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee under export control regulations.

Base pay for Washington applicants: $134,961–$188,945. Other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, including the New Glenn heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle.

What you will do

• Design and develop guidance, control, and sequencing algorithms across New Glenn flight phases.
• Define GN&C requirements and flow them down to subsystem and software levels with verification methods.
• Build Simulink algorithms for auto-code generation and implement hand-coded flight software in C/C++ where appropriate.
• Assess stability, performance, and robustness using linear and nonlinear models and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Author and execute unit tests, maintain code coverage standards, and support formal verification activities.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop integration and test campaigns, including validation against test and flight data.

Requirements

• B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in aerospace guidance and control or simulation.
• Experience designing and analyzing algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship or nationality, U.S. permanent residency, or qualifying refugee/asylee status is required.

Nice to have

• M.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of classical and modern control design techniques.
• Experience with C/C++ flight software, Simulink auto-code generation, Monte Carlo analysis, and statistical methods.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop or flight test campaigns and plant model validation.
• Python scripting and familiarity with flight software verification processes, including unit testing, code coverage, and requirements traceability.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave, up to four weeks of paid time off per year, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5% and an Education Support Program.
• Stock options are available to regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.