Missile GNC Intern - Guidance & Navigation Systems

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory invites applications for a Missile Guidance, Navigation & Control Intern. You will work with engineers, physicists, and mathematicians on evaluating missile navigation systems using MATLAB/Simulink and Kalman filtering techniques.

Pursuing an engineering, math, or physics degree, you will develop GNC algorithms, work on 6-DOF simulations, and extend software libraries, all while gaining exposure to security-cleared environments in a

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in engineering, math, or physics.
• Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
• Eligible to obtain Interim Secret clearance at start; U.S. citizenship required.
• Willing to learn new skills and expand capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Learn inertial navigation with accelerometers and gyroscopes and study sources of inaccuracy.
• Develop linear dynamics models for controller design and compare GNC algorithms.
• Develop optimal estimation tools for evaluating flight test dynamics and navigation.
• Improve existing tools and processes to analyze real flight test data.
• Create navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for 6-DOF simulations.
• Extend an object-oriented accuracy analysis library through full life cycle work.
• Learn and apply optimal control theory to develop guidance algorithms.
• Use MATLAB/Simulink to generate navigation sensor models and perform trade studies.
• Build navigation code for embedded environments and validate code.

Skills

Inertial navigation concepts

Kalman filtering

C++ programming

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory invites applications for a Missile Guidance, Navigation & Control Intern. You will work with engineers, physicists, and mathematicians on evaluating missile navigation systems using MATLAB/Simulink and Kalman filtering techniques.

Pursuing an engineering, math, or physics degree, you will develop GNC algorithms, work on 6-DOF simulations, and extend software libraries, all while gaining exposure to security-cleared environments in a