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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engin - **Company:** Synovix, Inc. - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $121,875.0 - $214,390.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Inertial Navigation Systems, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Monte Carlo Methods, Sensor Fusion, Simulink, Test Data - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cd6e8a65f11e70e8 ## About the Role * At least 8 years of relevant GNC, estimation, controls, navigation, or flight dynamics experience. * Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a closely related technical discipline. * Strong foundation in dynamics, control theory, state estimation, numerical methods, and linear algebra. * Hands-on experience developing and evaluating algorithms in MATLAB and/or Simulink. * Experience analyzing time-domain and frequency-domain performance and communicating conclusions through technical documentation and reviews. * Ability to work full-time on site in Northridge, California. * U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance if required by the program; an active clearance is not required at hire., * Direct missile, interceptor, guided weapon, flight control, or aerospace GNC experience. * Experience with Kalman filtering, inertial navigation, GPS-aided navigation, sensor fusion, target-state estimation, or tracking. * Experience with six-degree-of-freedom simulation, Monte Carlo analysis, flight envelopes, and performance requirements allocation. * Working knowledge of C/C++, Python, embedded implementation, or automatic code-generation workflows. * Experience integrating radar, electro-optical/infrared, inertial, GPS, or other sensor data into a navigation or guidance solution. * Experience supporting software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, ground test, flight test, or post-test data analysis. ## Description Synovix is seeking two experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineers to support an on-site missile and weapon systems program for a defense customer in Northridge, California. The engineers will develop and assess guidance, navigation, control, estimation, and sensor-fusion solutions from early analysis through integration and test., * Develop, analyze, and mature guidance, navigation, control, estimation, and sensor-fusion algorithms for missile and weapon system applications. * Design and tune Kalman filter-based estimators, including extended or unscented approaches where appropriate to the solution. * Develop and evaluate flight dynamics, navigation error models, autopilot functions, guidance laws, and control-system performance. * Use MATLAB and Simulink for trade studies, sensitivity analyses, Monte Carlo assessments, and requirements verification. 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