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Guidance, Navigation, and Control Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-09-29

Core

Design and implement guidance and navigation software for clean-sheet airframe designs and UAS platforms.

Role type

Senior Guidance, Navigation, and Control Software Engineer

Builds

Guidance software for unmanned air systems (UAS) and defense applications

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Embedded Systems

Required skills

Object-oriented software development, guidance algorithm design, flight dynamics (fixed/rotary wing), embedded software on microcontrollers (STM32), Linux on SoC (Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx, Microblaze), real-time embedded software, hardware interface integration, vendor driver/firmware integration, Agile/Scrum/CI/CD

Preferred skills

DoD security clearance, Part 107 remote pilot certification, EO/IR sensor integration, radar sensor integration, VHDL/FPGA development, DevSecOps, high-TRL system lifecycle development, HW/SW integration and verification

Technologies

ArduPilot, STM32, Nvidia Jetson, AMD/Xilinx SoC, Microblaze, VHDL, Git, COTS frameworks

Responsibilities

Implement guidance and navigation software within COTS frameworks, support airframe design activities, support system integration of software on flight hardware

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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