Darwin Recruitment · 4 days ago
Senior GNC Engineer
San Francisco County, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $185K/yr
4+ years expDarwin Recruitment is a venture-backed aerospace company building a next-generation satellite navigation system, and they are hiring a GNC Engineer to support spacecraft autonomy and orbital control. This role involves designing and integrating estimation, control, and state logic for spacecraft, working across the full development cycle from modeling to on-orbit validation.
Staffing & Recruiting
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U.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Adam Slade
Responsibilities
Building and integrating real-time GNC software for small satellites
Developing estimators, controllers, and autonomous state machines
Designing fault detection and recovery logic for flight systems
Creating and maintaining interfaces between GNC and core flight software
Running full-cycle validation using SIL and HIL environments
Writing and maintaining unit and regression test suites
Working closely with simulation, embedded software, and hardware teams
Qualification
Required
4-5+ years of hands-on experience in GNC for space, aviation, or autonomous systems
Experience with orbital mechanics, navigation, and control
Strong coding ability in C++, MATLAB, and Python
Familiarity with real-time systems and embedded flight software
Background working in Linux and Git-based environments
Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or related engineering
US citizenship
Preferred
Master's or PhD in a relevant technical discipline
Experience with SIL/HIL testing and model-based design
Background in autonomous systems or robotics
Experience building infrastructure for safety-critical testing
Company
Darwin Recruitment
Founded in 2001, Darwin Recruitment is a leading global STEM recruitment business with a specialist focus in Technology, Renewable Energy, Life Sciences, Space & Satellite, and Engineering.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase