Guidance and Control Engineer Sr Verified today
Role Overview
This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. The Flight Autonomy team owns the guidance, control, and sequencing algorithms across all flight phases.
As part of a small, accomplished team of engineers, you will carry full-lifecycle ownership of guidance, control, and sequencing algorithms from requirements definition through flight. The position spans algorithm design, flight software implementation, performance and robustness analysis, verification, and hardware-in-the-loop integration.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop guidance and control algorithms for New Glenn flight control
- Sequence mission activities and vehicle system commands
- Develop GN&C requirements with flow downs to subsystem and software levels, including companion verification methods
- Build guidance and control algorithms in Simulink to support auto-code generation to target
- Implement hand-coded flight software in C/C++ where appropriate
- Conduct stability and performance assessments including development of linear and nonlinear models
- Perform Monte Carlo simulation campaigns to characterize algorithm performance and robustness across dispersed environments
- Author and execute unit tests, ensure code coverage standards, and support formal verification activities
- Support hardware-in-the-loop integration and test campaigns
- Validate plant models and algorithm performance using test and flight data
- Coordinate cross-team vehicle-level analyses and trade studies
- Lead root cause investigations and peer reviews of GN&C products
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 7+ years of experience in aerospace guidance and control or simulation
- Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink for algorithm design and analysis
- Experience designing, testing, and flying aerospace guidance and control systems
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- M.S. or Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline
- Demonstrated knowledge in both classical and modern control design techniques
- Experience with C/C++ flight software development
- Experience with auto-code generation from Simulink models
- Monte Carlo analysis and statistical methods for performance and robustness characterization
- Experience supporting hardware-in-the-loop or flight test campaigns
- Python scripting for analysis, automation, or data processing
- Experience with plant model validation using test or flight data
- Familiarity with flight software verification processes (unit testing, code coverage, requirements traceability)
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading technical trades across disciplines
Compensation
Base pay range for Washington applicants: $197,529.00 to $276,539.55. Other site ranges may differ.
Employment Requirements
Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Background check required for all positions (Blue's Standard Background Check).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees (20+ hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on scheduled hours, plus up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Performance-based bonuses (amounts and eligibility not guaranteed, subject to change)