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nou Systems, Inc. · 5 months ago

Senior Missile Guidance and Control Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

nou Systems, Inc. (nSI) is a 100% ESOP company focused on innovative engineering and defense solutions. They are seeking a Senior Missile Guidance and Control Engineer to lead the development of guidance systems for low-cost interceptors, utilizing advanced RF seeker technology and collaborating with a talented R&D team.

ConsultingGovernmentInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

You will be an integral part of a team developing a best-in-class interceptor around this seeker as our guidance and control lead

Starting from your knowledge of both first principles and practical deployment challenges, you'll architect, rapidly prototype, and implement the guidance system for highly maneuverable, small diameter (120 mm and lower) surface-to-air interceptor designs

You will shape the optimal interceptor trajectories, inform airframe and actuator design/selection, define the homing loop from launch to endgame, and develop integrated guidance solutions that push the boundaries of what's achievable at low-cost in contested environments against stressing threats

Your work will span the full guidance loop - from seeker/sensor integration through mid-course guidance to endgame management

Autopilots, actuators, aiming, and adjoint analysis should be your bread and butter

You'll interface directly with aerodynamics, manufacturing, and control experts to ensure your guidance solutions exploit our seeker to the fullest

This includes developing adaptive guidance schemes that account for changing vehicle dynamics throughout the flight envelope and designing robust solutions that maintain performance across dispersed environments, countermeasures, and target sets

As part of our small, elite team, you'll take guidance concepts from whiteboard sketches to hardware-in-the-loop simulations to flight tests in months, not years

Qualification

Guidance law development6-DoF trajectory analysisState estimationFilteringHardware-in-the-loop simulationReal-time guidance algorithmsEngagement kinematicsRapid prototypingMATLAB/SimulinkTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Required

Master's degree minimum in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or similar technical field

Seven years of full-time professional experience in guidance, navigation, and control engineering roles

Must possess or have the ability to obtain an active Secret Security Clearance

Modern guidance law development including proportional navigation variants, optimal guidance, predictive guidance, and sliding mode approaches

6-DoF trajectory analysis and Monte Carlo simulation

State estimation and filtering for guidance applications (e.g. EKF, UKF, particle filters)

Hardware-in-the-loop and processor-in-the-loop simulation environments

Real-time implementation of guidance algorithms with computational constraints

Impact of guidance techniques on platform cost, other subsystems, and integration/manufacturing complexity

Deep understanding of engagement kinematics, zero-effort-miss dynamics, and time-to-go estimation

Sufficient technical expertise to understand the impact of fuzing, warhead choice, seeker selection and performance, actuator performance, processing power, threat behavior, and countermeasures on guidance techniques

Proficiency in rapid prototyping of guidance algorithms from concept through flight test

Demonstrated ability to develop guidance solutions from first principles for various flight regimes

Strong simulation and mathematics background

Experience with guidance in complex, cluttered scenarios

MATLAB/Simulink for guidance algorithm development and 6-DOF simulation

Experience with automatic code generation and verification workflows

Familiarity with trajectory optimization tools (GPOPS, DIDO, or similar)