Staff GN&C Engineer – Missile Flight Dynamics

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 153,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is hiring a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Staff Engineer (level 5) to join its team in Roy UT, Huntsville AL or Manhattan Beach, CA and will support the Sentinel Program. The role supports DoD missile and flight control system development with a focus on GN&C software, simulations, and validation.

The engineer will work in multi-disciplinary teams on flight simulator development, GN&C algorithms, test-as-you-fly methods, model verification, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in STEM with 12 years of experience; 10 years of experience with a master’s degree; or 8 years with PhD.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance or higher.
• 8 years of experience in guidance, navigation, or control for missiles/spacecraft/aircraft.
• 3 years of experience in high level programming languages (MATLAB, C++) and OO design.

Responsibilities

• Develop flight simulator for a complex 6-DOF missile model.
• Design and implement GN&C algorithms.
• Develop software tools to analyze GN&C performance.
• Perform system and flight test GN&C analysis.
• Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to verify and validate requirements.

Skills

GNC algorithms

MATLAB

C++

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Python

Git

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is hiring a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Staff Engineer (level 5) to join its team in Roy UT, Huntsville AL or Manhattan Beach, CA and will support the Sentinel Program. The role supports DoD missile and flight control system development with a focus on GN&C software, simulations, and validation.

The engineer will work in multi-disciplinary teams on flight simulator development, GN&C algorithms, test-as-you-fly methods, model verification, and