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Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer at Icarus

Compensation

$100,000 – $160,000/yr

Location
El Segundo, California
Type
Full-time
Posted

Description

Icarus is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to design, implement, and fly guidance, navigation, and control systems for long-endurance stratospheric aircraft. The role involves owning the entire GNC stack, developing vehicle dynamics models, integrating GNC with various onboard systems, and debugging using flight data. Candidates should have strong fundamentals in dynamics, controls, estimation, and linear systems, with familiarity in state estimation techniques like EKF/UKF and sensor fusion.

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