Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer

Summary

Join Wing, a Google company, as a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer in Palo Alto, CA. You will design and implement safety-critical GNC solutions for our autonomous delivery drones. This role involves the entire development lifecycle, from initial concept to operational deployment. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, analyze system performance, and support flight testing. The position requires a Master's degree in Controls Engineering or equivalent experience, along with several years of experience in GNC technology. A competitive salary, bonus, equity, and benefits are offered.

Requirements

• M.S in Controls Engineering (or similar) or equivalent practical experience
• 3-6+ years of experience in GNC technology and product development, deployment and transition into full rate production
• Technical depth in at least one of the following areas: aircraft dynamics and control, multi-modal sensor fusion, INS/GPS navigation system development, UAV path planning algorithms, and/or GNC simulation and data analysis
• Technical knowledge of fault-tolerance in flight control systems, navigation systems, and contingency management
• Experience with Matlab, C++, and/or Python
• Familiarity with simulation methods, particularly medium to large scale monte carlo testing
• Familiarity with real-time embedded platforms
• Familiarity with aircraft dynamics, stability and control fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Create innovative, reliable, and efficient GNC solutions to enable new and challenging aircraft capabilities
• Have ownership and cognisance of GNC systems throughout the complete development lifecycle, from initial idea to system deployment in business operations
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high level performance goals are met and business objectives are achieved
• Perform detailed GNC analyses of system designs, analyze research and development test data, communicate these results to the Wing team
• Support of development and execution of GNC system integration and test efforts, including flight test

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits