# Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Engineer II

We are looking to add a GNC Engineer II to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing systems for leading-edge spacecraft, and aerospace communication systems, we would like to hear from you. In this position, you will work on a small team in the design and analysis of GNC systems for CesiumAstro satellites and payloads. You will be responsible for Guidance, Navigation, and Control through all stages of design, integration, test, and operations. As such, you will perform trade studies, participate in design reviews, create models, and complete simulations and system testing. You will build, test, and fly hardware. As a CesiumAstro spacecraft team member, you will work on a small team to develop satellites and put them in orbit. Being in a startup, you can expect significant portions of your time to be spent contributing to company-critical projects outside your area of expertise. KEY REQUIREMENTS: Master of Science (MS), or Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university or institution 2 years of internship, research, or industry experience in satellite attitude and orbit systems Expertise in attitud

- **Id**: 253914
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cesiumastro-guidance-navigation-control-gnc-engineer-ii>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Westminster, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-24T14:30:54Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T22:02:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 79
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2518
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Embedded & Electronics Design, Satellite Communications, RF & Wireless Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 5315
- **Name**: CesiumAstro
- **Domain**: cesiumastro.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cesiumastro>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 40
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.6
- **Repost share**: 0.025
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 113000
- **Max**: 136400
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 136400

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **GMAT** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **STK** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 79

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T11:13:44Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 19
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.539
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 78
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 136400
- **Is top pay**: no

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