Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer I - Early Career (2027 Starts) Verified today
About the role
Multiple positions available across our Business Units. You will be matched with an engineering team based on your skillset, experience, and our current business needs.
What you will do
- Design, analyze, develop and verify guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) software for spaceflight systems
- Build on our existing human-rated GN&C software to improve reliability, enable capabilities, and reduce operating cost
- Perform system analyses, including simulations and Monte-Carlo, to satisfy specifications and requirements and to drive system-level architectural decisions
- Work on projects including guidance, navigation, controls, autonomy, avionics, simulation, mission design, trajectory optimization, system test, aero sciences, and systems engineering
What we need
- B.S. degree in physics, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or other relevant engineering field, earned within the last year
- Ability to start by Fall 2027
- Demonstrated knowledge in designing and testing control systems for aerospace vehicles or mechanical and fluidic subsystems
- Fundamental understanding of dynamics, orbital mechanics, estimation, and control theory
- Practical experience in guidance, navigation, and controls algorithm development and analysis for aerospace or mobile robotic applications
- Strong software and model development skills, particularly in MATLAB/Simulink and C/C++
- Relevant internship, co-op, and/or hands-on experience demonstrating both technical skills and leadership qualities
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs
- Flexible and adaptable mindset with ability to seek out requirements with minimal direction
Nice to have
- M.S. degree or PhD in physics, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or another relevant STEM field
- Knowledge of multi-body dynamics, flexible body dynamics, gas and fluid dynamics and thermodynamics
- Experience with modeling electro-mechanical, hydraulic and electrical subsystems
- Experience anchoring and fitting first principles models to test data using system identification or other numerical methods
- Experience developing and verifying physical models for control design, component sizing, and system performance evaluation
- Experience with spacecraft systems engineering
- Experience with Monte Carlo simulation testing
- Experience supporting flight testing or launch operations
- Experience supporting component level testing and/or flight testing
- Experience with Python and Linux environments
- Experience with verification and validation
- Lean software development and risk management experience
- System engineering and configuration management skills
Locations
We prioritize placing early career engineers where they can be co-located with their team and relevant hardware. Primary locations are:
- Kent, WA
- Denver, CO
- Reston, VA
Please indicate in your application where you would be willing to be located.
Compensation and benefits
Base Pay Range:
- CA applicants: $87,816.00 - $122,942.40
- CO applicants: $80,499.00 - $112,697.55
- WA applicants: $87,816.00 - $122,942.40
Other site ranges may differ.
Benefits include:
- 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)
- Up to 4 weeks paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Requirements
Applicants 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.
Blue's Standard Background Check is required for all positions.
Application timeline
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
When you apply, include your internship, co-curricular and research experience in your resume, along with the relevant programming languages you have used. If you have not yet used a tool in a professional setting, include relevant coursework that demonstrates your preparation for this role.