Northrop Grumman Australia · 4 months ago
GNC Engineer (Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation Control or (Engineer Guidance Navigation Control)
United States-California-Northridge
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$89K/yr - $134K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman Australia is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a motivated GNC Engineer (Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation Control) to join their Advanced Weapons team. The role involves driving the full cycle of mission trajectories, developing simulation frameworks, and collaborating with air vehicle and subsystem engineers to enhance weapon performance and reliability.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
You will be driving the full cycle of mission trajectories, from taking requirements from customers, design reviews, simulation, and analysis of the mission, to running operations
Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air missile missions for all phases of flight
Develop flight constants and guidance parameters, verified via analysis to meet mission requirements subject to mission and vehicle constraints
Develop software automation tools for mission design, analysis, test, and reporting
Perform trade studies to improve weapon performance and reliability
Implement new software or algorithms to support mission unique capabilities
Support full mission lifecycle, starting with sales and concluding with mission execution
Interact with customers to execute current missions and develop future business
Qualification
Required
Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation Control requires a minimum of 5 years with a Bachelor of Science degree in related field OR a Master's degree with 3 years' experience in related field
Engineer Guidance Navigation Control Engineer requires a minimum of 2 years with a Bachelor of Science degree in related field OR a Master's degree with 0 years experience in related field
Experience with Design Guidance algorithm: Guidance Law, Trajectory Optimization, Flight Vehicle Autonomy
Experience with Design Navigation algorithm: Initial Alignment, Strapdown Propagation, INS filter
Experience with Flight Control algorithm: Trim Point Selection, LTI Trim and Maneuver Analysis, Non-linear Dynamic Analysis
Experience with Tracking algorithm: Angle Only Tracking, Maneuvering Target Tracking, Multi-Target Tracking, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Track File Manager
Experience architecting high-fidelity multiple degree-of-freedom flight/orbital mechanics and vehicle dynamics simulation
Experience with Modeling of navigation sensors in the Monte Carlo simulation
Experience architecting the modeling of targeting sensors in the Monte Carlo simulation. Evaluate simulation output versus actual targeting sensors' output
Experience architecting flight vehicle system conceptual designs and modeling & simulation for trade studies, initial requirements definition, and contribute to proposal efforts
Experience architecting propulsion systems including electric, rocket, air-breathing, and attitude control thruster. Evaluate simulation output versus actual test data
Experience architecting modeling of actuation systems as well as design of test equipment to demonstrate actuation system performance meet requirement
US Citizenship is required
A current/active DoD Secret clearance level and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance level and/or program special access clearance is required
Preferred
Proposal development, writing or execution
Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university
Familiarity with AGILE, MBSE, and / or system architecture frameworks
Effective project management skills and good communication techniques
Experience with version control tools (Bitbucket, GitHub, or Gitlab, etc.)
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government
Analysis of Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability, Engagement at the mission level
Experience integrating plug-ins to AFSIM
Knowledge of RF Threat Modeling
Knowledge of guided missile design
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase