Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 1 month ago
Staff Engineer Guidance Navigation Control
United States-California-Palmdale
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $266K/yr
7+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company that offers revolutionary systems impacting lives globally. They are seeking a Staff Engineer in Guidance, Navigation, and Control to work on designing, developing, and testing algorithms and software for aircraft guidance and control systems.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) of aircraft
Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities and stability margin requirements, both on ground and in flight
Develop air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments
Analyze air vehicle flight test data and support flight test activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 12 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 10 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 7 years of experience
Excellent communication, analysis and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft flight dynamics
Experience using linear control principles and tools to design feedback control systems
Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop dynamics
Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
Active / in-scope DoD Secret Clearance
Preferred
Proficient in MATLAB/Simulink
Experience designing control laws for fixed wing aircraft and performing handling qualities analysis
Working knowledge of MIL-STD-1797 flying qualities requirements
Active / in-scope DoD Top Secret Clearance
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