Northrop Grumman · 18 hours ago
Senior Principal Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer - R10222421
Melbourne, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking a Senior Principal Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer to join their Vehicle Engineering team in Melbourne, Florida. The role involves leading the development and integration of guidance, navigation, and control systems, as well as subsystem certification activities.
AerospaceBig DataManufacturingData IntegrationRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead the Guidance, Navigation, and Control system engineering requirement maturation
Lead the integration of autopilot and auto throttle capabilities into the Vehicle Management System
Lead subsystem level certification activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a STEM discipline and 6 years of relevant experience
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft dynamics
Knowledge of fly-by-wire control systems
Experience in system engineering requirement definition, verification, and validation
Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop responses
Experience creating certification test procedures and test cases
Working knowledge of autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems
Working knowledge of Flight Management Systems, including RNAV
Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems
Experience using Model Based System Engineering tools
Familiarity with programming (C/C++, Python)
Preferred
Experience developing and integrating autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems
Experience with Flight Management Systems, including RNAV
Experience using CAMEO to create system requirement models
Experience using System Composer to create software architecture
Experience with MIL-STD-1797B
Experience with AS94900 or MIL-STD-9490
Experience with DO-178C
Experience for Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
Recent News
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