Aerospace Engineer - Controls

Actalent
📍 Houston, TX, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 10, 2026

Job Description

Job Title: GNC Engineer - Controls
Job Description
This role focuses on designing, analyzing, and implementing guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithms for aerospace vehicles. You will develop advanced control laws, build high-fidelity dynamic models, and translate GNC designs into robust, flight-ready software. The position requires close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure that GNC systems perform reliably under both nominal and off-nominal conditions throughout the mission lifecycle.
Responsibilities

+ Design, analyze, and implement guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithms for aerospace vehicles.

+ Develop and refine control laws using classical and modern control techniques, including PID, LQR, MPC, adaptive control, and other linear and nonlinear methods.

+ Evaluate, select, and integrate spacecraft control effectors such as thrusters, reaction wheels, and control moment gyroscopes (CMGs).

+ Perform ...

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Job Details

  • Location Houston, TX
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 10, 2026
  • Application Deadline June 15, 2026