Controls & Simulation Engineer IV – Naval Propulsion

Northrop Grumman

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 142,000 - 213,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Discretionary bonus

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Systems Controls and Simulation Engineer Level 4 in Sunnyvale, CA to develop and support turbine generator systems for Navy propulsion and power. You will apply multi-physics modeling, control design, and validation for naval platforms.

The role requires on-site presence four days a week, a strong background in MATLAB/Simulink, and eligibility for a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 8+ years of relevant experience; or Master’s with 6; or PhD with 3 years.
Experience in frequency domain analysis.
Experience characterizing and analyzing system stability.
Experience with block diagrams and linear algebra.
Experience with grey-box model validation.
Proficiency with MATLAB coding and Simulink modeling.
Experience building state space models of multiphysical systems.
Experience with numerical methods for solving differential equations.
Must be a US citizen.
Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

Analyzing control system performance and requirements using systems models.
Modeling dynamic multi-physics systems from first principles; mechanical, electrical, magnetic.
Use model reduction methods to simplify systems for control design.
Perform linear systems analysis.
Perform stability analysis.
Build and parameterize uncertainty models.
Develop nonlinear simulation models.
Document work to share with engineering community and customer.