Space Jobs for GNC Engineers

Going by the 73 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for GNC engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $135k–$221k/yr and the median is $160k/yr. The top posted figure is $298k/yr, at Muon Space. 72 of the 147 open roles for GNC engineers state no pay, so check each listing.

Usually an aerospace, mechanical or electrical engineering degree with controls and dynamics, often a master's, and experience in the simulation and coding tools the role names. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 29 open roles for GNC engineers whose requirements we read, 3 a master's, 19 at least a bachelor's and 7 name no degree.

A GNC engineer designs, simulates and tests the guidance, navigation and control of a vehicle: how it knows where it is, where it should go and how it gets there, from a rocket's ascent to a booster's landing or a satellite's pointing. Flight dynamics engineers plan the trajectories and orbits and track the vehicle once it flies.

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Outpost, Turion Space and Inversion Space among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.