GNC Engineer II - Secret Clearance, On-Site Missile Flight

Northrop Grumman; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Sector in Chandler, AZ is seeking engineers with Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) expertise to join our team on critical national security programs. This position is 100% on-site and requires an active U.S.

Government Secret clearance. You will design, develop, verify, and test high-quality software and 6DoF missile flight simulations, and contribute to autopilot and guidance design.

Qualifications

• Requires active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience, or Master’s with 1 year.
• Directly related Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) experience.
• Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Preferred: Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, verify, and test software and simulation toolchains.
• Work on a 6 degree of freedom (6DoF) simulation to design and test missile flight code.
• Work with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance.
• Experience with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into missile flight code.
• Experience with various trajectory optimization software and tools.

Skills

GNC engineering

Flight dynamics

6DoF simulation

Missile guidance

Autopilot design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Trajectory optimization software

Missile flight software

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Sector in Chandler, AZ is seeking engineers with Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) expertise to join our team on critical national security programs. This position is 100% on-site and requires an active U.S.

Government Secret clearance. You will design, develop, verify, and test high-quality software and 6DoF missile flight simulations, and contribute to autopilot and guidance design.