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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Founding GNC Engineer - **Company:** Tri-States Automotive Warehouse, Inc. - **Location:** Hawthorne, CA, United States - **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $175,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Dynamical Systems, Embedded Software, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Hardware Design, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Python (Programming Language), Monte Carlo Methods, Sensor Fusion, Product Software Implementation Methods, Test Execution Engine, Integration Tests - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9a9043f1-6785-4941-895f-f4f097c222a8 ## About the Role * Hands-on experience developing GNC software that has operated on real physical hardware such as aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, drones, autonomous vehicles, marine systems, or robotics * Strong understanding of state estimation and sensor fusion * Experience with Kalman filtering, extended or unscented Kalman filters, or other nonlinear estimation techniques * Strong foundation in classical and modern control theory * Experience developing and implementing guidance algorithms for dynamic systems * Proficiency in C or C++ for production or embedded software development * Strong Python skills for modeling, simulation, analysis, and tooling * Experience developing simulation environments for dynamic systems * Ability to move between mathematical modeling, software implementation, hardware integration, and flight-test analysis * Strong technical judgment and the ability to independently own major architecture decisions * Willingness to remain accountable for GNC performance through integration and flight testing * Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical discipline * Ability to work on-site in Hawthorne, California Preferred Experience * GNC development for counter-UAS, air-defense, missile, interceptor, or other high-dynamic aerospace systems * Experience with highly maneuverable autonomous aircraft or UAS * Real-time embedded software development * Hardware-in-the-loop testing and flight-software qualification * Monte Carlo simulation and statistical performance analysis * GPS-denied navigation and degraded-navigation environments * Target tracking and intercept guidance * Experience integrating GNC with radar, RF, acoustic, optical, or other sensing systems * Previous technical ownership within a small startup or advanced R&D team * Experience taking a vehicle from prototype performance into a more repeatable and production-ready system ## Description * Own the complete GNC stack across state estimation, guidance, flight control, control allocation, and vehicle autonomy * Advance existing flight-proven algorithms into a robust system capable of handling broader target sets and operating conditions * Develop and improve target tracking, state estimation, and multi-sensor fusion * Build algorithms that remain effective in cluttered, degraded, GPS-denied, and other challenging environments * Design and tune intercept guidance laws for highly dynamic engagements * Extend flight-control architecture across new vehicle configurations and increasingly demanding portions of the flight envelope * Develop control-allocation strategies for unconventional and highly maneuverable aircraft * Expand 6-DOF simulation, Monte Carlo testing, and hardware-in-the-loop environments for design validation and pre-flight qualification * Develop production-quality flight software in C/C++ for resource-constrained embedded hardware * Use Python and other analysis tools for simulation, modeling, test automation, and post-flight analysis * Define sensor, actuator, compute, and airframe requirements alongside electrical, mechanical, propulsion, and embedded engineering teams * Develop instrumentation and telemetry requirements needed to understand vehicle performance during flight * Support range operations, integration testing, and flight-test execution * Reconstruct flight performance and convert test results directly into improvements to algorithms and vehicle design * Balance intercept performance against compute, sensor, actuator, manufacturing, and vehicle cost constraints * Establish GNC development standards and technical architecture as the team expands ## Related Videos - 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