Guidance Navigation and Control; GNC Engineer; Lead, Senior

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Boeing Defense, Space & Security's Air Dominance division

The Boeing Company is hiring Senior, Lead Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineers in Hazelwood, MO. Propelled by a team with an innovative spirit that transcends cultures, Air Dominance delivers decisive mission advantages through cutting‑edge capabilities and supports design, manufacturing, and services for a broad portfolio of military aircraft. These roles support new product design, development, integration and flight test in the areas of guidance, modeling and simulation, flight control and subsystem control for the expanding Air Dominance Portfolio, including the newly awarded F‑47.

Flight engineers are essential to the success of our products. They work from initial vehicle concept definition through design, test, validation and in‑service support. Your expertise in Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Guidance, Navigation & Control, and Loads & Dynamics will drive the future of aerospace.

• Define Guidance, Navigation and Control mission requirements and ensure requirements traceability and quality from the system level to component level
• Use multidisciplinary model data (aero, mass properties, propulsion, etc.) to develop and refine a complex, nonlinear, 6 degrees of freedom simulation model
• Use various software languages, C, C++, FORTRAN, Python, etc. to develop, implement, integrate and test vehicle models and controllers
• Design flight control laws using modern linear control design techniques and tools to achieve design and performance targets
• Use advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine the control law design
• Perform model validation against test data to inform and improve the accuracy of the simulation environment
• Develop supplementary controllers, limiters, mode logic, and signal shaping to properly bound the performance within all areas of the flight envelope
• Work with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) software engineers to incorporate control laws into the operational flight program
• Support flight simulations including desktop, software, and real‑time simulations
• Support hardware in the loop development and testing
• Support flight testing planning and execution
• Lead design reviews, analyses, simulations and component/system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations
• Train and coach others

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non‑US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 14 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• 5+ years of experience with Guidance Navigation and Control engineering
• Experience using Matlab/Simulink or Matrix
  
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