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Northrop Grumman · 2 months ago

Sr. Principal GPS Navigation Systems Engineer - R10213507

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$137K/yr - $206K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, seeking a Systems Engineer focused on GPS Navigation. The role involves designing, implementing, and integrating real-time GPS Receivers while collaborating with various organizations to develop advanced navigation technologies.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Development and evaluation of GPS receiver architectures and requirements

Characterization of GPS receiver performance in relevant environments

Analysis of GPS navigation performance in laboratory and flight test scenarios

Communication of status, issues, and results with program management and customers

Work in close collaboration with Government R&D organizations such as DARPA, AFRL, ONR, and Army labs to develop advanced navigation and timing technologies

Work with a team of navigation and timing experts in a team-based collaborative environment dedicated to advancing the state of the art

Apply your research and development skills to architect real-world products and capabilities well beyond purely academic or theoretical

Work with leading-edge Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems for GPS, GNSS, and other cooperative signals along with advanced signal processing techniques to define new product lines

Work with leading-edge navigation warfare (NavWar) systems, techniques, algorithms, and software to enhance mission success in contested environments

Shape next generation mission applications like autonomous navigation, distributed sensing, alternative sensing and sensor fusion, proliferated low earth orbit (pLEO) space systems, model-based system engineering, cloud-based software as a service, and swarming vehicles

Present your ideas to internal and external groups and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups

Qualification

GPS receiver architecturesAlgorithm developmentSoftware defined GNSSReal-time embedded softwareMATLAB/SimulinkC/C++ programmingKalman filteringAnti-jam processingAgile methodologiesTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

Bachelors of Science in a STEM discipline and 8 years of relevant work experience OR Masters of Science in a STEM discipline and 6 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of experience

US Citizenship

Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance

Ability to work full-time onsite in Woodland Hills, CA

Knowledge of signal selection, acquisition and tracking, Position, Velocity, and Time (PVT) calculation, data demodulation, signal correction, jamming and spoofing or related applications

Demonstrated experience with algorithm development for satellite acquisition, tracking, and receiver measurement formation

Demonstrated experience with design of GPS receiver tracking loops, including characterization of platform dynamics, environmental/interference effects, jamming mitigation techniques on GPS processing

Hands-On experience with software defined Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers

Demonstrated experience developing GPS Receivers utilizing MATLAB/Simulink or embedded software utilizing C, C++, Ada or related languages

Familiarity with integrated INS/GPS navigation systems involving exposure to Kalman filtering / estimation theory

Familiarity with signals of opportunity and alternate navigation signals

Familiarity with anti-jam GPS processing techniques and analysis (such as nulling, STAP, SFAP, SFAP-T, differential GPS)

Preferred

Experience writing papers on GPS Receiver design solutions and presenting at industry conferences or events

Familiarity with military GPS modernization particularly M-code signal processing and capabilities

Familiarity with Timing and Distributed Clock Algorithms

Exposure to requirements specification and interface control documents (ICD) for GPS-153/RS-232,etc

Demonstrated experience with GPS satellite constellation simulator test equipment

Demonstrated experience with inertial navigation systems (INS) mechanizations

Demonstrated experience in architecting, developing, and integrating real time embedded software for GPS Receivers, including on target Hardware

Demonstrated experience developing software using Green Hills Integrity Real-time Operating Systems, board support package (BSP), Green Hills Multi IDE and/or Wind River VxWorks RTOS/BSP for C/C++ or equivalent development tools

Familiarity with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, Continuous Integration, Unit Test, and Test Driven Methodologies