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Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago

Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer – Level 4 (Chandler) - R10213466

Chandler, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$119K/yr - $178K/yr

9+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading technology company known for its pioneering systems that impact lives globally. They are seeking a Level 4 Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer to design and implement algorithms and software for various aerospace applications, particularly in missile systems.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, submersibles, surface ships, missiles, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of launch, flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events

Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality

Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space

Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft

The candidate will design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains

The candidate will be working on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code

The applicant will be working with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance

Qualification

Missile guidance algorithmsMissile simulationFlight dynamicsC++ developmentMATLAB proficiencyPython proficiencyControl systems theoryIR discriminationGuidance algorithm tuningAutopilot parameters testing