2027 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Graduate Intern
The Aerospace Corporation · Posted Nov 12, 2026
- El Segundo, California, United States
- On-site
- Internship · Intern
- $32–$38 per hour
Provide Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) support for launch vehicle, missile systems, and missile defense systems for a wide range of customers including the Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), the Missile Defense Agency, and other civil customers (e.g. NASA).
Compensation
The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. (Min - Max) $32.00 - $38.00 Pay Basis: Hourly
Responsibilities
- Develop mathematical models and high-fidelity computational simulations of launch vehicles from fundamental principles of dynamics and physics
- Develop computational tools to analyze launch and upper-stage vehicle guidance and navigation systems, including the performance of guidance algorithms and use of inertial systems, GPS, and other sensors
- Develop and support software tools to perform time and frequency domain controls analysis
- Perform trajectory studies and conduct error and orbital perturbation analyses
- Perform statistical analyses of launch vehicle trajectories, maneuvers, and targeting accuracy
Requirements
- Master's/PhD degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline
- Nice to have: Unix/Linux
- Nice to have: Matlab/Simulink