Guidance, navigation and control in the Washington, DC area
Space Jobs for GNC Engineers in the Washington, DC Area
17 open roles for GNC engineers at 8 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Dulles, VA; typical pay runs $143k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring GNC engineers in the Washington, DC area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 4 | $182k/yr |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | 3 | $185k/yr |
| Quantum Space | 3 | $155k/yr |
| Anduril | 2 | too few figures |
| Johns Hopkins APL | 2 | too few figures |
| Blue Origin | 1 | too few figures |
| MITRE | 1 | too few figures |
| Redwire | 1 | too few figures |
Where the roles are
- Chantilly, VA3
- Dulles, VA3
- Rockville, MD3
- Laurel, MD2
- McLean, VA2
- Washington, DC2
- Herndon, VA1
- Reston, VA1
Open space roles for GNC engineers in the Washington, DC area, newest first
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC
Mission Design / Navigation Engineer (opens the job details)
Johns Hopkins APL · Flight Software · Laurel, Maryland, United States· 1d agoDetails
$105,000–$290,000/yr
Astrodynamics Aerospace Engineer (opens the job details)
Booz Allen Hamilton · Flight Software · Chantilly, VA, United States· 5d agoDetails
$112,800–$257,000/yr
MITRE · RF & Payloads · Bedford, Massachusetts +5 more· 1w agoDetails
$103,600–$129,500/yr
Autonomy Engineer, GNC (Aerospace Engineer) (opens the job details)
Redwire · Flight Software · Chantilly, Virginia, United States· 2w agoDetails
$96,000–$130,000/yrSpacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Analyst (opens the job details)
Johns Hopkins APL · Flight Software · Laurel, Maryland, United States· 3w agoDetails
$100,000–$245,000/yr
Staff Ground Software Engineer – Mission Planning & Astrodynamics (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Software & IT · McLean, VA, United States· 4w agoDetails
$177,000–$265,600/yrGuidance Navigation Control (GNC) Engineering Analyst – Level 5 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Flight Software · Dulles, VA, United States· 4w agoDetails
$177,000–$265,600/yrNorthrop Grumman · Flight Software · Dulles, VA, United States· 4w agoDetails
$98,400–$171,000/yrSkillBridge - Guidance Navigation Control (GNC) Engineer - level 3 or 4 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Flight Software · Dulles, VA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$114,000–$171,000/yrAstrodynamics Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Booz Allen Hamilton · Flight Software · Herndon, VA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$86,800–$198,000/yrAstrodynamics Aerospace Engineer, Lead (opens the job details)
Booz Allen Hamilton · Flight Software · Chantilly, VA, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$112,800–$257,000/yr
Sr. Flight Dynamics System Software Architect – TeraWave (opens the job details)
Blue Origin · Flight Software · Reston, VA, United States of America· 2mo agoDetails
$197,529–$276,539.55/yr
Principal Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer (opens the job details)
Quantum Space · Flight Software · Rockville, MD or Hawthorne, CA · 3mo agoDetails
$175,000–$225,000/yrSpacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer (opens the job details)
Quantum Space · Flight Software · Rockville, MD or Hawthorne +2 more· 3mo agoDetails
$130,000–$180,000/yrAstrodynamics and Navigation Engineer III (opens the job details)
Quantum Space · Flight Software · Rockville, MD or Hawthorne +2 more· 5mo agoDetails
$125,000–$175,000/yr
Senior GNC Engineer, Space (opens the job details)
Anduril · Flight Software · Washington, District of Columbia, United States· 7mo agoDetails
$191,000–$254,000/yrGNC Engineer, Space (opens the job details)
Anduril · Flight Software · Washington, District of Columbia, United States· 1y+ agoDetails
$167,000–$222,000/yr
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What people ask about GNC engineers' work in the Washington, DC area
Which space companies hire GNC engineers in the Washington, DC area?
Today, Northrop Grumman (4 roles), Booz Allen Hamilton (3 roles), Quantum Space (3 roles), Anduril (2 roles), Johns Hopkins APL (2 roles), Blue Origin (1 role), and 2 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.
Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for GNC engineers?
Most are in Chantilly, VA (3), Dulles, VA (3), Rockville, MD (3), Laurel, MD (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.
How much do space roles for GNC engineers in the Washington, DC area pay?
The roles here that state pay post a median $185k/yr, with typical pay from $143k–$270k/yr. For reference, the 2,420 aerospace engineers working in the Washington, DC area, in any industry, earn a median $166k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for GNC engineers here post a median $185k/yr today, 11.2% above that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.
Do roles for GNC engineers in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?
Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.
How is this list made?
We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for GNC engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.