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Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago

Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer – Level 3 (Chandler) - R10213464

Chandler, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$95K/yr - $143K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements, seeking a GNC Engineer – Level 3 in Chandler, AZ. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and verifying algorithms and simulation tools for the guidance, navigation, and control of various vehicles during flight and mission operations.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains

Work on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code

Work with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance

Be experienced with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into missile flight code

Be experienced with various trajectory optimization software and tools

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Missile guidance algorithmsMissile simulationFlight dynamicsC++ developmentMATLAB proficiencyPython proficiencyControl systems theoryIR discriminationAutopilot design

Required

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application

Experience working with missile guidance and control algorithms

Experience with missile simulation and flight dynamics