Hiring: Founding GNC Engineer Company: Approach Venture Location: Hawthorne, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 18:06:15 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : C, C++, Integration Testing, Move, Python, TestNG About the job Required Skills: •Own the complete GNC stack across state estimation, guidance, flight control, control allocation, and vehicle autonomy •Advance existing flight-proven algorithms into a robust system capable of handling broader target sets and operating conditions •Develop and improve target tracking, state estimation, and multi-sensor fusion •Build algorithms that remain effective in cluttered, degraded, GPS-denied, and other challenging environments •Design and tune intercept guidance laws for highly dynamic engagements •Extend flight-control architecture across new vehicle configurations and increasingly demanding portions of the flight envelope •Develop control-allocation strategies for unconventional and highly maneuverable aircraft •Expand 6-DOF simulation, Monte Carlo testing, and hardware-in-the-loop environments for design validation and pre-flight qualification •Develop production-quality flight software in C/C++ for resource-constrained embedded hardware •Use Python and other analysis tools for simulation, modeling, test automation, and post-flight analysis •Define sensor, actuator, compute, and airframe requirements alongside electrical, mechanical, propulsion, and embedded engineering teams •Develop instrumentation and telemetry requirements needed to understand vehicle performance during flight •Support range operations, integration testing, and flight-test execution •Reconstruct flight performance and convert test results directly into improvements to algorithms and vehicle design •Balance intercept performance against compute, sensor, actuator, manufacturing, and vehicle cost constraints Qualifications: •Hands-on experience developing GNC software that has operated on real physical hardware such as aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, drones, autonomous vehicles, mari Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!