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Principal Guidance Navigation & Controls Engineer

Principal Guidance Navigation & Controls Engineer

CompanyNorthrop Grumman
LocationMelbourne, FL, USA
Salary$95300 – $142900
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s, PhD
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) and 3 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 1 year of relevant engineering and/or lab experience
  • Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.
  • Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft dynamics
  • Experience using linear control principles and tools to design feedback control systems
  • Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop responses
  • Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) of air vehicle systems
  • Develop control laws to meet air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments.
  • Perform flying qualities analysis.
  • Support non-linear and hardware-in-the-loop lab testing.
  • Perform low level unit testing for software verification.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering with controls concentration.
  • Experience using Simulink Test to perform software unit testing.
  • Experience using Model Composer to create software architecture
  • Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems.
  • Experience using Model Based System Engineering tools
  • Familiarity with programming (C/C++, Python)
  • Experience with MIL-STD-1797B
  • Experience with AS94900 or MIL-STD-9490
  • Experience for Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)