PhD GN&C Engineer: Next-Gen Strategic Missile Systems

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Relocation benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, seeks a PhD-level Missile GN&C Engineer to design, implement, and evaluate GN&C subsystems for national missile systems. You will join a team of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians tasked with independent evaluation of performance and designs.

You will build GN&C methodologies, apply state estimation, develop navigation error models, and use MATLAB/Simulink to run 6-DOF simulations and present results to sponsors.

Qualifications

• PhD in Engineering, Physics, Math, or related field required.
• Coursework/research in flight dynamics, guidance, navigation, or control, linear state-space, or estimation theory.
• Willingness to learn and adapt; ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop GN&C methodologies for next-generation missile flight systems.
• Apply state estimation techniques to large state representations for on-board and post-flight analyses.
• Create navigation models and error analyses from math/physics perspectives.
• Work with MATLAB/Simulink to build navigation sensor models and perform trade studies.
• Develop navigation algorithms for 6-DOF simulations.
• Present analysis and results to sponsors informing weapon system performance.

Skills

State estimation

Flight dynamics

Guidance

Navigation

Control theory

Education

PhD in Engineering/Physics/Math

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

C++

Job description

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, seeks a PhD-level Missile GN&C Engineer to design, implement, and evaluate GN&C subsystems for national missile systems. You will join a team of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians tasked with independent evaluation of performance and designs.

You will build GN&C methodologies, apply state estimation, develop navigation error models, and use MATLAB/Simulink to run 6-DOF simulations and present results to sponsors.