Northrop Grumman Australia · 2 hours ago
Guidance Navigation Control Engineer (Level 3 or 4)
United States-Minnesota-Plymouth
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$109K/yr - $163K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking an experienced Guidance Navigation Control Engineer to support their Armament Systems site in Plymouth, MN. The role involves designing, developing, and testing algorithms and software for guidance, navigation, and control of various vehicles during multiple phases of flight and operation.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering or a closely related field plus 5 years of relevant experience. Or, Master of Science degree in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 3 years of relevant experience. Or, Ph.D. in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 1 year of relevant experience
Experience in model development, requirements definition, GNC algorithm analysis and synthesis and familiarity with both modern and classical control design techniques. Minimum years' experience depends on education level
U.S. Citizenship
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering or a closely related field plus 8 years of relevant experience. Or, Master of Science degree in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 6 years of relevant experience. Or, Ph.D. in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 4 years of relevant experience
Experience in model development, requirements definition, GNC algorithm analysis and synthesis and familiarity with both modern and classical control design techniques. Minimum years' experience depends on education level
U.S. Citizenship
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance
Preferred
Hardware, field test and Defense/Aerospace domain experience is a plus
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase