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Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer – Journeyman Onsite Kennedy Space Center / Florida - No hybrid or remote is available. NASA or AEROSPACE Exp US Citizens or Perm Residents Only These are immediate interviews for the right candidates. Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer – Journeyman We are looking for a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer to join our team supporting advanced spaceflight programs at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The GN&C Engineer supports the development, analysis, verification, and integration of guidance, navigation, and control systems for spacecraft and other flight systems. This role provides technical support across GN&C, mission design, trajectory analysis, and navigation , allowing the engineer to contribute across multiple areas based on program needs. This position will be filled at the Journeyman level , depending on qualifications, with salary commensurate with experience. Key Responsibilities • Support GN&C, mission design, trajectory analysis, and navigation activities as needed to address program priorities and fill engineering gaps. • Review GN&C architectures, requirements, designs, integration approaches, test plans, and test data to evaluate technical adequacy, identify risks, and develop recommendations. • Develop and execute trajectory, attitude, and 6-DOF spacecraft simulations and perform analysis supporting GN&C performance and mission objectives. • Support mission design and trajectory analysis , including trajectory development, maneuver planning, orbit and attitude analysis, and rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD). • Analyze spacecraft navigation architectures and sensor suites , including sensor performance, accuracy, availability, observability, and suitability for GPS-denied and deep-space missions. • Support navigation analysis involving state estimation, sensor fusion, and interactions between navigation sensors, flight software, guidance algorithms, and vehicle dynamics . • Develop, review, and assess GN&C requirements, verification approaches, and verification evidence in support of system verification and validation. • Support development, integration, verification, testing, and operation of spacecraft GN&C systems and associated sensors. • Evaluate GN&C analyses, simulations, technical documentation, and test results to identify technical risks, uncertainties, and potential deficiencies , and support anomaly investigations and corrective actions. • Evaluate technical tradeoffs involving performance, risk, schedule, cost, and implementation complexity and communicate recommendations to engineering and program leadership. • Analyze GN&C interfaces with avionics, flight software, propulsion, mission design, structures, and other spacecraft systems . • Participate in technical reviews, testing, and engineering exchanges and communicate technical findings and recommendations to technical and programmatic stakeholders. Required Qualifications • B.S. degree in Engineering or related discipline and 5+ years of related experience , or M.S. degree in Engineering or related discipline and 3+ years of related experience . • Demonstrated experience in one or more areas of spacecraft GN&C, mission design and trajectory analysis, navigation, or related flight dynamics , with the ability and interest to contribute across adjacent technical areas. • Experience developing or analyzing GN&C algorithms and spacecraft simulations, including 6-DOF modeling . • Experience with engineering analysis and simulation tools such as MATLAB, Python, C++, or equivalent . • Experience developing or evaluating spacecraft requirements, verification approaches, and success criteria. • Experience with spacecraft GN&C systems, navigation sensors, integration, verification, testing, or operations. • Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. Government background investigation. • Strong communication, organization, and teamwork skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple technical disciplines. Preferred Qualifications • M.S. degree in a related discipline. • Experience with deep-space missions or GPS-denied navigation . • Experience with spacecraft navigation sensors, state estimation, sensor fusion, or autonomous navigation. • Experience with mission design, trajectory development, rendezvous/proximity operations, or maneuver analysis . • Experience with spacecraft flexible-body dynamics, propellant slosh, or other spacecraft dynamics effects in low-gravity environments. • Strong proficiency in C++ and experience developing or using mission-specific GN&C simulation or analysis software. • Experience with trajectory and mission-analysis tools. • Experience working with commercial spaceflight or launch service providers. • Experience with deep-space or other safety-critical spaceflight systems . #cj

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Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer – Journeyman
Onsite Kennedy Space Center / Florida - No hybrid or remote is available.
NASA or AEROSPACE Exp
US Citizens or Perm Residents Only
These are immediate interviews for the right candidates.
Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer – Journeyman
We are looking for a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer to join our team supporting advanced spaceflight programs at NASA Kennedy Space Center.
This position will be filled at the Journeyman level , depending on qualifications, with salary commensurate with experience.
Support GN&C, mission design, trajectory analysis, and navigation activities as needed to address program priorities and fill engineering gaps.
Review GN&C architectures, requirements, designs, integration approaches, test plans, and test data to evaluate technical adequacy, identify risks, and develop recommendations.
Develop and execute trajectory, attitude, and 6-DOF spacecraft simulations and perform analysis supporting GN&C performance and mission objectives.
Support mission design and trajectory analysis , including trajectory development, maneuver planning, orbit and attitude analysis, and rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD).
Analyze spacecraft navigation architectures and sensor suites , including sensor performance, accuracy, availability, observability, and suitability for GPS-denied and deep-space missions.
Support navigation analysis involving state estimation, sensor fusion, and interactions between navigation sensors, flight software, guidance algorithms, and vehicle dynamics .
Develop, review, and assess GN&C requirements, verification approaches, and verification evidence in support of system verification and validation.

Nice-to-haves

M.S. degree in a related discipline.
Experience with deep-space missions or GPS-denied navigation .
Experience with spacecraft navigation sensors, state estimation, sensor fusion, or autonomous navigation.
Experience with mission design, trajectory development, rendezvous/proximity operations, or maneuver analysis .
Experience with spacecraft flexible-body dynamics, propellant slosh, or other spacecraft dynamics effects in low-gravity environments.
Strong proficiency in C++ and experience developing or using mission-specific GN&C simulation or analysis software.
Experience with trajectory and mission-analysis tools.
Experience working with commercial spaceflight or launch service providers.
Experience with deep-space or other safety-critical spaceflight systems .

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