Lead Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer
Wardstone, El Segundo, California
About the job
Overview
You will own Wardstone’s guidance, navigation, and control stack, including the algorithms, simulations, and flight software that make our interceptors hit their targets.
You’ll make the core architecture decisions, including the guidance laws, the estimation approach, and the actuation strategy. You’ll set the controllability requirements that shape the vehicle. You’ll work directly with the founders and with the seeker, propulsion, mechanical, and avionics engineers. You’ll take GNC from simulation through hardware-in-the-loop testing to live intercepts.
What You’ll Do
Lead the GNC team
- Lead, mentor, and grow the GNC team, including hiring, setting priorities, and reviewing designs and code.
- Own the GNC architecture and roadmap, and give clear tradeoffs to founders and other teams.
- Set the team’s standards for simulation, verification, flight software quality, and analysis documentation.
Develop guidance
- Design guidance laws for midcourse and terminal homing under high-speed, nonlinear dynamics, such as proportional navigation and its variants, or optimal control methods.