Anduril Industries
GNC Engineer, Space
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) Engineer to develop and validate spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control systems across multiple orbital regimes. You'll design autonomous spacecraft operations, flight software algorithms, and testing procedures while collaborating with cross-functional teams on operationally-focused space missions.
What you'll do
- Design and develop GNC software and hardware subsystems for spacecraft across LEO, MEO, GEO, and other orbital regimes
- Create autonomous spacecraft operations approaches with maneuvering capabilities and software-defined systems
- Develop test plans and procedures for ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning, and operational phases
- Design flight software, algorithms, and physics simulations for spacecraft guidance and control
- Collaborate across Systems, Flight Software, Mission Operations, and Ground Software teams
- Support ground testing, launch windows, and on-orbit spacecraft operations on demanding schedules
What they're looking for
- MATLAB and Simulink
- Python and C++
- Linux systems
- Orbital mechanics and spacecraft dynamics
- Attitude determination and control (ADCS)
- Rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD)
- Control theory
- Hardware-in-the-loop and monte-carlo simulation
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience with spacecraft GNC subsystems—specifically, which orbital regimes (LEO, MEO, GEO, etc.) have you worked in, and what was your role in the design or validation?
- Describe a complex control algorithm or flight software you've developed. How did you validate it, and what testing approaches did you use (simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, etc.)?