Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 2 months ago
Sr. Principal GPS Navigation Systems Engineer
United States-California-Woodland Hills
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$137K/yr - $206K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, and they are seeking a Sr. Principal GPS Navigation Systems Engineer to join their team. The role involves designing, implementing, and integrating real-time GPS receivers while collaborating with various government organizations to advance navigation technologies.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.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
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
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