GNC Engineer

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space. 

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Job Summary

The Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer for Voyager Lunar Systems is the senior technical authority, responsible for modernizing existing GNC algorithms and analysis to industry standards, while also driving innovation that moves our guidance, navigation, and control approaches toward state‑of‑the‑art performance.

The position reports to the Software & Controls Manager and is part of the Software & Controls Department based in Pittsburgh, PA.  This role is onsite based in Pittsburgh, PA. 

In this role, the essential functions are:

• Lead efforts to raise existing GNC analysis, modeling, and algorithm fidelity to industry best practices and mission‑critical standards. 

• Advance guidance, navigation, and control algorithms by introducing state‑of‑the‑art methods in state estimation, sensor fusion, trajectory generation, optical navigation, and terrain‑based navigation. 

• Modernize and expand high‑fidelity simulation environments for algorithm verification, Monte Carlo testing, mission analysis, and performance evaluation. 

• Develop and validate improved navigation and control strategies for descent, landing, attitude control, and autonomous operations. 

• Conduct comprehensive trade studies evaluating sensors, estimation approaches, trajectory strategies, and control architectures, providing clear recommendations backed by rigorous analysis.