Chief Guidance Navigation and Control SME

Description

SAIC is seeking a distinguished Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) to provide critical expertise in support of ongoing Minuteman III (MM III), Sentinel, and future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system sustainment and modernization efforts located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This is a highly unique and technical role, requiring a recognized expert capable of independently designing, analyzing, and applying solutions to solve the most complex challenges in national defense.

The candidate must exhibit exceptional ingenuity and resourcefulness, acting as a consultant in areas of strategic importance while serving as a trusted collaborator with both internal and external stakeholders. This role offers the flexibility to work remotely, with occasional classified work requiring onsite presence at SAIC's San Bernardino facility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, verify, and test advanced hardware, algorithms, software, and simulation tools for GNC applications.
• Perform statistical processing of measured data to support navigation functionality, ensuring precision in determining position, orientation, and rates of change.
• Develop guidance algorithms to achieve desired positions, orientations, or orbits, and support control functions by formulating advanced analytical methods for system control algorithms.
• Design and analyze requirements for hardware and software used in control processes, including integration with aerospace and missile systems.
• Lead the development of high-fidelity 3DOF/6DOF simulations and other models to test and validate guidance systems.
• Serve as a technical authority, providing consultation to top management and project leadership, and contributing to long-range planning, technological applications, and research strategy.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues autonomously, ensuring solutions align with program and mission objectives.
• Act as SAIC's prime technical spokesperson in customer-facing engagements, fostering partnerships and aligning efforts with customer needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree equivalent experience in a relevant technical field, such as Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics.
• Active Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI
• 20+ years of progressively complex technical leadership experience within the aerospace or missile systems domain.
• Expert in developing, analyzing, and maintaining advanced GNC simulations, systems, and architectures, including 3DOF and 6DOF applications.
• Expertise in ICBM targeting, trajectory shaping, numerical methods, and missile dynamics.
• Deep understanding of the full software lifecycle, from requirements analysis to system integration, testing, and sell-off.
• Broad programming experience, including FORTRAN, MATLAB, and C/C++, with expertise in physics-based computational modeling.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ICBM-Specific Expertise: Hands-on experience supporting ICBM systems, particularly Minuteman, Peacekeeper, or similar missile systems.
• Experience with control functions and hardware/software requirements for launch systems or missile platforms.

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.