AD&D Advanced Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer Staff

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Job Summary The AD&D Advanced Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer will lead the development, integration, and validation of advanced flight control and navigation algorithms for next-generation aircraft systems. This role emphasizes early program development phases, collaborating closely with pilots and end-users to evaluate handling qualities and user experience. The engineer will design and simulate control systems, implement workload reducing flight control features, and develop next generation navigation and control capabilities. Duties and Responsibilities/Essential Functions: - Design, implement, and validate guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for fixed-wing aircraft. - Develop and maintain high-fidelity nonlinear 6DOF simulation models for performance, stability, and control analysis, and validate against flight test data. - Architect and tune advanced flight control systems, including envelope protection and augmented control features. - Develop advanced software tools for navigation sensing and error correction. - Collaborate with pilots and end-users during early development phases to evaluate handling qualities and user experience. - Support hardware...