Engineer Guidance Navigation Control (AHT)

0891 DS - Advanced Weapons - Northridge; United States; On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Northridge, CA seeks an Engineer Guidance Navigation Control to support Advanced Weapons. The role is 100% on-site with relocation assistance potentially available and requires a DoD Secret clearance.

You will design mission trajectories, develop CONOPs, and build simulation tools across system levels, collaborating with engineers and leadership. The position emphasizes trajectory optimization, weapon performance analysis, and cross-disciplinary teamwork to

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a related field with zero or more years of experience.
• DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain/maintain Top Secret clearance.
• Familiar with guidance, navigation, and flight control algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate mission trajectories and guidance algorithms for air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles.
• Develop CONOPs, TTPs, and system-level concepts of operation.
• Develop and integrate simulation frameworks, models, and performance/ threat analyses.
• Interact with customers and program leadership to support current missions and future opportunities.

Skills

Design Guidance algorithm

Trajectory Optimization

Flight Vehicle Autonomy

Initial Alignment

INS filter

Trim Point Selection

LTI Trim and Maneuver Analysis

Non-linear Dynamic Analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in related field

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Bitbucket

GitHub

GitLab

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is looking for an Engineer Guidance Navigation Control to support Advance Weapons in Northridge, CA and will be 100% on-site. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. Relocation may be available but is not guaranteed. Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices. The GN&C discipline itself is a mesh of many other fields (e.g., Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Software Engineering, etc.) and frequently collaborates across functional disciplines, offering a unique opportunity to obtain a broad understanding of many areas or to focus on developing a deep expertise more narrowly in any one of the relevant fields. This drives the development of clean-sheet requirements, refine existing program system requirements, and influence the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities.

You will work with air vehicle and subsystem engineers, as well as with program and customer leadership, to recommend candidate designs, and to develop Concepts of Operation (CONOPs) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) at the system, mission, and campaign levels. The selected candidate will be responsible for developing new and / or integrating existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models.

What you’ll get to do

You will be driving the full cycle of mission trajectories, from taking requirements from customers, design reviews, simulation, and analysis of the mission, to running operations. Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air missile missions for all phases of flight. Develop flight constants and guidance parameters, verified via analysis to meet mission requirements subject to mission and vehicle constraints. Develop software automation tools for mission design, analysis, test, and reporting. Perform trade studies to improve weapon performance and reliability. Implement new software or algorithms to support mission unique capabilities. Support full mission lifecycle, starting with sales and concluding with mission execution. Interact with customers to execute current missions and develop future business.

Basic Qualifications

Engineer Guidance Navigation Control Level 1: Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in related field OR a Master’s degree with 0 years’ experience in a related field and required experience listed below.

• Familiar with Design Guidance algorithm: Guidance Law, Trajectory Optimization, Flight Vehicle Autonomy
• Familiar with Design Navigation algorithm: Initial Alignment, Strapdown Propagation, INS filter
• Familiar with Flight Control algorithm: Trim Point Selection, LTI Trim and Maneuver Analysis, Non-linear Dynamic Analysis

A current/active DoD Secret clearance level and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance level and/or program special access clearance is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Effective project management skills and good communication techniques
• Experience with version control tools (Bitbucket, GitHub, or Gitlab, etc.)
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization
• Analysis of Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability, Engagement at the mission level
• Experience integrating plug-ins to AFSIM
• Knowledge of RF Threat Modeling
• Knowledge of guided missile design

#NorthridgeOct26 Primary Level Salary Range: $76,200.00 - $114,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work.

Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.