Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
GNC Engineer: Modeling Sim. & Analysis (Secret) – Level 3 or 4 (Chandler)
United States-Arizona-Chandler
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$95K/yr - $143K/yr
3+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, seeking a GNC Engineer: Modeling Simulation and Analysis to join their team in Chandler, AZ. This role involves designing and developing advanced guidance, navigation, and control software for missile systems, while ensuring high-quality simulations and modeling frameworks are maintained.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high‑quality software and simulation toolchains for missile flight systems
Develop and integrate autopilot and guidance algorithms directly into missile flight code
Seamlessly incorporate algorithms into the vehicle’s flight software while collaborating with software and hardware teams
Utilize various trajectory‑optimization tools to generate, interpret, and analyze vehicle trajectory results
Modify or create new scripts (e.g., Python, MATLAB, Bash) to capture customer requirements and measure vehicle performance
Build, validate, and maintain modeling and simulation frameworks for aerospace vehicles and components, ensuring accuracy across operational scenarios
Enhance simulation fidelity by integrating advanced modeling techniques to support system analysis and decision‑making
Conduct rigorous testing and evaluation of simulation models, identifying and resolving discrepancies between simulated and real‑world performance metrics
Gather, post‑process, and analyze large, complex data sets to verify and validate performance results
Ensure that simulation outcomes match intended performance metrics and system specifications
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
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
Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
Proficiency in object‑oriented programming, especially C++, and scripting with Bash, Python, and MATLAB
Experience using job schedulers such as SLURM or PBS
Strong understanding of how performance metrics are applied to evaluate missile systems
Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master's degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree
Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
Proficiency in object‑oriented programming, especially C++, and scripting with Bash, Python, and MATLAB
Experience using job schedulers such as SLURM or PBS
Strong understanding of how performance metrics are applied to evaluate missile systems
Preferred
Experience working with GNC algorithms for hypersonic missiles
Experience with IR discrimination and tracking
Create CI/CD Pipelines – able to automate simulation runs and post processing
Experience running 6DOF/3DOF simulations on HPC cluster for modeling vehicle trajectory and performance
Familiarity with state estimation and state propagation techniques
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