Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer (R4815)

In this role, you will design, implement, and flight-test autonomous shipboard recovery guidance for XBAT, with an emphasis on precision recovery to a moving ship in GPS-degraded and GPS-denied environments. Working within an established G&C team, you will own recovery guidance algorithms and their integration with relative navigation, flight controls, and recovery hardware.

We are seeking someone with direct experience taking shipboard recovery guidance from algorithm development through implementation and flight testing.

• Design and implement ship-relative guidance for approach, station keeping, alignment, and terminal recovery.
• Develop deck-motion compensation and landing-timing strategies that account for navigation uncertainty, aircraft response, control authority, and touchdown or capture constraints.
• Work closely with state estimation and sensing teams to define relative-navigation requirements and ensure recovery guidance remains robust to measurement errors, latency, and intermittent sensor availability.