GNC Engineer

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🕒 3 days ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $133.9k - $200.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

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KBR, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

🎖️ Defense

⚡ Energy

🏛️ Government

Defense • Energy • Government

KBR, Inc. is a global engineering and technology company that delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and commercial customers worldwide. The company provides mission technology solutions, sustainable technology solutions and digital accelerators, and works on large industrial and infrastructure projects (for example, ammonia plant commissioning) as well as government and defense-focused work. KBR emphasizes technical, operational and sustainability-led delivery across both government and commercial sectors.

📋 Description

• Support design, analysis, and verification of guidance, navigation, and control algorithms and architecture • Review and guide flight software design to improve system performance, robustness, and operability • Evaluate system behavior across full mission phases (e.g., ascent, on-orbit, entry, proximity operations) • Develop and execute operational concepts for GNC systems in mission or test environments • Monitor vehicle performance and make time-critical recommendations during dynamic operations • Support anomaly resolution, fault response strategies, and contingency planning • Define system and console requirements for monitoring and commanding GNC subsystems • Develop operator displays, telemetry utilization strategies, and command interfaces • Maintain flight rules, procedures, and operational documentation • Support system-level testing (integrated labs, simulations, hardware-in-the-loop environments) • Participate in verification of telemetry, command pathways, and system responses • Contribute to development and validation of contingency commanding capabilities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred) and 10+ years of experience • Strong foundation in: • Orbital mechanics / astrodynamics • Control systems and state estimation • Guidance algorithms and vehicle dynamics • Experience working with: • Flight software or embedded systems • Real-time or near-real-time operational environments • Telemetry analysis and command/response systems • Demonstrated ability to: • Operate effectively under pressure and make timely, sound decisions • Communicate complex technical issues clearly and concisely • Work across multidisciplinary teams • Must be a U.S Citizen • TS/SCI Clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.