SECRET Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer to join our team for an exciting opportunity to work on a unique government contract. This role offers a unique opportunity to support an active test launch program with a team of subject matter experts. The advancement of technical skills and analysis capabilities are emphasized while producing high-quality products and effectively supporting the government customers.

This Flight Test Reentry Vehicle Analysis position will:

• Evaluate ICBM flight test Booster and Reentry Vehicle telemetry data
• Perform Reentry Vehicle Body Dynamics and Arming & Fuzing performance analysis
• Determine the Reentry Vehicle Best Estimate of Trajectory using metric tracking and weather data
• Review old documentation
• Apply state estimation techniques (e.g., Kalman filtering or covariance-based methods) to evaluate inertial sensor performance using integrated physics-based models alongside navigation data sources.
• Reconstruct vehicle trajectories using inertial and navigation data to model and assess flight paths.
• Design, enhance, and maintain analytical tools to evaluate sensor accuracy and overall flight performance.
• Develop and deliver technical reports and briefings summarizing sensor performance metrics and system accuracy.

The hourly pay for this position in the Ogden, UT area is $55-$80 an hour. Individual compensation is determined based on a variety of factors including experience, education, qualifications, skill set, geographic location, and applicable employment regulations.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in an Engineering field, Mathematics, or Physics, or computer science from an ABET accredited program
• 7+ years related experience (2+ years with a Master's degree) for Senior Level and 12+ years for principal
• Strong analysis experience
• Recent experience with Kalman filtering/smoothing
• Technical writing and presentation skills
• Test data analysis experience
• MATLAB experience
• Proficiency in C/C++or python
• MUST have a Secret Clearance
• Active TS clearance
• Reentry Vehicles and/or Reentry Environments experience
• 6DoF
• Signal processing
• Sensor processing
• Aerodynamics Experience
• Hypersonic Experience
• Statistics experience
• Fortran or Ada programming languages

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].