Associate Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer

About the Position

Bring your ideas to life at Boeing. We are committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Join our team as an Associate Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer in Hazelwood, MO.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s Air Dominance division is hiring innovative and skilled engineers to support new product design, development, integration, and flight test. These roles will focus on areas such as guidance, modeling and simulation, flight control, and subsystem control for the expanding Air Dominance Portfolio; F-15, F/A-18, MQ-25, T-7A, and new proprietary air dominance programs.

Flight engineers are essential to the development, safety, and success of our products and solutions. Your expertise in areas such as Aerodynamics; Propulsion; Guidance, Navigation & Control; and Loads & Dynamics will drive the future of aerospace.

Responsibilities

• Assist in defining Guidance, Navigation, and Control mission requirements and ensure requirements traceability and quality from the system level to component level.
• Use multidisciplinary model data (aero, mass properties, propulsion, etc.) to develop and refine a complex, nonlinear, 6 degrees of freedom simulation model.
• Use various software languages (C, C++, FORTRAN, Python, etc.) to develop, implement, integrate, and test vehicle models and controllers.
• Support design of flight control laws using modern linear control design techniques and tools to achieve design and performance targets.
• Use advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine the control law design.
• Perform model validation against test data to inform and improve the accuracy of the simulation environment.
• Develop supplementary controllers, limiters, mode logic, and signal shaping to properly bound the performance within all areas of the flight envelope.
• Work with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) software engineers to incorporate control laws into the operational flight program.
• Support flight simulations including desktop, software, and real-time simulations.
• Support hardware in the loop development and testing.
• Support flight testing planning and execution.
• Participate in design reviews, analyses, simulations, and component/system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
  • 2+ years of work-related experience with a Bachelor's degree OR an equivalent combination of work-related experience and technical education.
  • Experience with Guidance Navigation & Control engineering.
  • Experience using Matlab/Simulink or MatrixX to model systems.

• Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

  • Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance or higher.
  • Experience with simulation, system, and component modeling.
  • Experience with implementing algorithms in real-time systems.
  • Hardware in the Loop Simulator (HILS) experience.
  • Prior experience in flight test support.

We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.

About the Company

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Application Details

• Job ID: JR2026518513
• Category: Security Clearance
• Role Type: Onsite
• Post Date: Aug. 12, 2026
• Application Deadline: Aug. 26, 2026

Note: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process. Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.