Principal GNC Engineer
Firefly Aerospace
About the role
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Subscribe to our RSS feeds to receive instant updates as new positions become available. > --> --> Back To Openings Principal GNC Engineer Department: Aerospace Software Engineering Location: Cedar Park, TX START YOUR APPLICATION ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing.
Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. As a Principal GNC Engineer at Firefly, you will serve as a technical authority on launch vehicle GNC systems enabling missions to low Earth orbit and beyond. This technical leadership role requires an authoritative knowledge base in launch vehicle GNC disciplines, with a proven track record of solving the most complex GNC challenges on operational missions.
What you'll do
- Serve as a technical authority on the guidance, navigation, and control of launch vehicles, providing expertise across programs and domains
- Develop and validate novel GNC methodologies, tools, and best practices for complex or unprecedented mission
What you'll bring
- Lead resolution of the most challenging GNC problems across the organization
- Provide authoritative technical review and oversight of launch vehicle GNC designs, changes, and risks
- Establish technical standards for mission design, software development, testing, and requirement verification
- Drive GNC strategy and roadmap development, identifying capability gaps, investment priorities, and opportunities for adopting emerging technology
- Initiate and execute continuous improvement initiatives for GNC processes, tools, and operational efficiency
- Represent GNC expertise in executive-level technical reviews, mission milestone reviews, customer meetings, and proposal efforts
- Participate in critical technical work including algorithm development, test campaign execution, and mission operations support
- Mentor and develop engineers at all levels, cultivating the next generation of technical leaders
- Required
- Master's degree or PhD in aerospace engineering or related field, or bachelor's degree with substantial technical accomplishments demonstrating analytical rigor equivalent to graduate research
Benefits
- for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.
- Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.
- citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.
- , protected individual as defined by 8 U.
- 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.
About the employer
Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and
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