GNC Sensors Engineer (Aerospace Engineer, Associate)

Summary

Redwire Defense Technologies has an opportunity for a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Sensors Engineer to join the Optics and Algorithms team at our Marlborough, MA facility.

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis to support early design phase concept development including sensor selection, predicted performance assessment
• Work closely with senior subject-matter experts for sun sensors to gain deep technical knowledge and progressively take on ownership of the subsystem
• Support sensor modeling, characterization, and performance analysis, including noise modeling, error propagation, and environmental sensitivity
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate sensors and algorithms into broader GNC subsystems
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and software engineers to ensure end-to-end system reliability and robust sensor behavior in operational environments
• Document designs, analyses, and results in clear technical reports, presentations, and customer-facing materials

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, aerospace engineering, applied mathematics, or related field and 0-4 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 0-2 years of experience
• Coursework, internships, or industry experience in Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC), estimation, sensor fusion, or robotics perception
• Strong foundation in linear algebra, probability, estimation theory, and dynamics
• Hands-on experience with star trackers, sun sensors, IMUs, cameras, LiDAR, or other navigation-grade sensors
• Experience developing or analyzing Kalman filters, nonlinear estimators, or navigation algorithms
• Exposure to simulation environments (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, Python-based simulation frameworks, C++ simulation tools)

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, C++, or MATLAB for algorithm development and data analysis
• Understanding of coordinate frames, attitude representations, and reference frames used in aerospace and robotics
• Familiarity with electronic circuits (analog and digital)
• Strong debugging skills across software, algorithms, and sensor interfaces
• Clear technical communication skills for writing reports, documenting algorithms, and explaining results
• Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn new sensing technologies and GNC techniques

Skills

• Proficiency in Python, C++, or MATLAB for algorithm development and data analysis
• Understanding of coordinate frames, attitude representations, and reference frames used in aerospace and robotics
• Familiarity with electronic circuits (analog and digital)
• Strong debugging skills across software, algorithms, and sensor interfaces
• Clear technical communication skills for writing reports, documenting algorithms, and explaining results

Pay

$85,000/yr - $115,000/yr

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.

Company Information

Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.

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