GNC State Estimation Engineer (Level 3/4)

0902 SP - Launch Vehicles; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Total Rewards package

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a GNC Engineer: State Estimation and Tracking in Chandler, AZ. The role focuses on developing real-time software, Kalman filters, and 6DOF simulation tools to support missile flight-code design and verification.

You will use C++, MATLAB, and Python to build analysis tools, evaluate EO/IR sensor performance, and perform trajectory prediction and tracking across challenging conditions. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years – OR – PhD with 1 year.
• Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.
• Experience with Kalman Filtering.
• Experience with signal processing for guided missiles and/or interceptors.
• Proficiency in creating and maintaining algorithms and analysis tools in C++, MATLAB and Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, verify, and test software and simulation tool chains supporting missile flight-code development.
• Build and maintain 6DOF simulations used to design and evaluate missile guidance, navigation, and control capabilities.
• Develop and enhance real-time state-estimation, tracking, Kalman filtering, and sensor-fusion algorithms.
• Apply signal processing and image-processing techniques to remote-sensor and EO/IR data.
• Analyze EO/IR sensor performance and integrate sensor data to support accurate target detection, tracking, and trajectory prediction.
• Develop physics-based models and perform flight-dynamics analyses for guided missiles and interceptors.
• Support the development of capabilities to track hypersonic targets and predict trajectories for interception.
• Create, maintain, and improve algorithms and analysis tools using C++, MATLAB, and Python.
• Use probability theory and statistics to assess algorithm performance and tracking accuracy.
• Plan, execute, and analyze simulation experiments, including large Monte Carlo data sets.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to validate approaches and mature flight-code solutions.
• Document analysis methods, simulation results, verification activities, and technical recommendations.

Skills

Kalman Filtering

Signal Processing

C++

MATLAB

Python

EO Imaging

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a GNC Engineer: State Estimation and Tracking in Chandler, AZ. The role focuses on developing real-time software, Kalman filters, and 6DOF simulation tools to support missile flight-code design and verification.

You will use C++, MATLAB, and Python to build analysis tools, evaluate EO/IR sensor performance, and perform trajectory prediction and tracking across challenging conditions. Travel up to 10% is required.