Senior Principal Aeronautical GNC Engineer — On-Site

0894 DS - MP - ABL - Rocket Center; United States; On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer (GNC) for the Missile Products Advanced Programs team in Huntsville, AL. This role requires on-site work, with 20–25% travel, designing and validating control laws and simulation tools for air vehicles.

Essentials include a STEM degree with 8+ years of experience (or higher degrees with fewer years), strong Matlab/Simulink skills, and ability to obtain security clearances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM with 8 years of relevant experience; OR Master's with 6 years; OR PhD with 4 years.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, verify and test algorithms, software and simulation tools.
• Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities and stability margins.
• Develop air vehicle system models and integrate into software/hardware-in-the-loop simulations.
• Develop modern control laws and conduct trades on unconventional control effectors.
• Address unusually complex design problems and drive innovative solutions.
• Prepare analyses to support design reviews (PDR/CDR).
• Analyze flight test data and support flight test activities.

Skills

Matlab

Simulink

C/C++

Java

Python

Flight sciences

Control theory

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Tools

Autocoding Simulink models

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer (GNC) for the Missile Products Advanced Programs team in Huntsville, AL. This role requires on-site work, with 20–25% travel, designing and validating control laws and simulation tools for air vehicles.

Essentials include a STEM degree with 8+ years of experience (or higher degrees with fewer years), strong Matlab/Simulink skills, and ability to obtain security clearances.