Senior GN&C Engineer, Flight Systems Futures

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 153,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k

Educational Assistance

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer in Roy, Utah to support flight simulator development and GN&C algorithm work. The role requires collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team, strong problem-solving, and clear communication skills.

The position involves MATLAB/C++/Python modeling, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and code generation from high-level specifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12 years of experience; or master’s with 10; or PhD with 8 years.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, investigation within last 6 years.
• 5 years of experience developing a 6 DOF flight dynamics model for a hypersonic vehicle.
• 5 years of experience developing autopilot algorithms for hypersonic vehicles.
• 5 years of experience evaluating impacts of control effectors on guidance and control.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, verification, and validation of a 6-DOF missile flight simulation in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Design, implement, and integrate guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for missile flight software.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance analysis and performance tools for GN&C algorithms using MATLAB, C++, and Python.
• Model missile components such as IMU and TVC systems.
• Analyze flight-test data and perform accuracy assessments to calibrate GN&C models.
• Apply trajectory optimization and nonlinear control techniques to improve missile trajectory performance.
• Develop and execute HWIL testing and real-time software integration for embedded GN&C controllers.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

GN&C algorithms

Flight systems

HIL testing

Python

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer in Roy, Utah to support flight simulator development and GN&C algorithm work. The role requires collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team, strong problem-solving, and clear communication skills.

The position involves MATLAB/C++/Python modeling, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and code generation from high-level specifications.