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First Tek, Inc. · 16 hours ago

Information Technology - Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3 Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3

Chandler, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

First Tek, Inc. is seeking an Engineer Guidance Navigation Control 3 to design and develop high-quality software and simulation tools for guidance, navigation, and control systems. The role involves working on missile flight simulations, mentoring early career engineers, and requires expertise in flight control algorithms.

Information TechnologyStaffing Agency

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 GNC Engineer 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 creating and implementing 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance

The candidate will perform mission analysis on flight test and tactical systems

The engineer will need to have knowledge of missile flight dynamics

The candidate should have experience in creating, implementing and testing missile autopilot, navigation and guidance schemes

The candidate will mentor and train early career engineers on the team

Qualification

Guidance Navigation ControlC++ programming6-DOF simulationMATLABPythonFlight control algorithmsMission analysisLinux environmentMentoring

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and required years of experience for level 3 engineer as follows: 5 years of related experience or a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience, or a PhD and 0 years of experience

Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

Expertise in Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) engineering

Experience designing, implementing and testing flight control algorithms

Experience working in a high-fidelity 6-DOF modeling and simulation environment

Preferred

Experience working with GNC systems missiles

Proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment

Proficiency in MATLAB and Python toolchains

Masters' or PhD Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university

Company

First Tek, Inc.

To succeed in the complex world of technology, you need exceptional connections – to the right experts, the right opportunities and the right answers.

Founded in 2001

Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

1001-5000 employees