Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3

Engineering

Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3 Chandler, AZ Posted: 9/29/2026

Job Description

Job ID#:

226547

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

52

Shift:

1

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3, in Chandler, AZ. Job ID#225647

Job Description:

Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, submersibles, surface ships, missiles, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of launch, flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events. Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality. Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space. Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft.

Basic Qualifications for Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3

• Experience with Kalman Filtering

• Experience with signal processing for guided missiles and/or interceptors.

• Proficiency in creating and maintaining algorithms and analysis tools in C++, MATLAB and Python

• Strong foundation in probability theory / statistics

• Experience with Electro-Optical imaging systems

• Travel 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications for Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3

• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, or applied math

• Experience with onboard/offboard sensor fusion

• Experience with analyzing large Monte Carlo data sets and/or experience with designing and analyzing simulation experiments

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

Secret

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act

• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled