Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 169,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in the United States seeks a Senior GNC Engineer to design, develop, and test navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles. The role covers powered and coast phases of launch, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise, and orbital insertion, with emphasis on robust modeling and simulation tools.

Candidates should have strong experience with model development and GNC synthesis, and be capable of implementing algorithms in real hardware. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in STEM and corresponding experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Experience in model development, requirements definition, GNC algorithm analysis and synthesis.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools for guidance, navigation and control across multiple platforms.
• Handle navigation functions including processing data points and simulations for space and aerospace applications.
• Develop control laws and hardware/software requirements for aircraft and spacecraft.

Skills

First principles modeling

Control algorithms

State-space methods

Optimal control

Guidance algorithms

MATLAB/Simulink

Hardware implementation

Test data reconciliation

Model reduction

Defense/Aerospace domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace/Systems Engineering

Master's degree in engineering or related field

Ph.D. in engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Northrop Grumman in the United States seeks a Senior GNC Engineer to design, develop, and test navigation, guidance, and control algorithms for aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles. The role covers powered and coast phases of launch, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise, and orbital insertion, with emphasis on robust modeling and simulation tools.

Candidates should have strong experience with model development and GNC synthesis, and be capable of implementing algorithms in real hardware. U.S.