Engineer Senior Principal Systems Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GN&C)

BAE Systems
📍 Boulder, CO, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 22, 2026

Job Description

**Job Description**

This position is for an engineer who can lead a team to develop and test guidance, navigation, & control systems from preliminary design through flight for space programs.

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

**What You ll Do:**

+ Perform Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineering tasks throughout the lifecycle of programs or Research & Development (R&D) projects.
+ Develop, understand and refine requirements for: attitude knowledge and pointing, agility, line-of-sight stability, orbit position knowledge, delta-v accuracy, and payload sun avoidance.
+ Provide analyses in the form of released doc...

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Job Details

  • Location Boulder, CO
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 22, 2026
  • Application Deadline June 27, 2026