Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer – Level 3 (Chandler)
United States-Arizona-Chandler
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$95K/yr - $143K/yr
3+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in aerospace and defense technology, seeking a GNC Engineer – Level 3 in Chandler, AZ. The role involves designing and developing algorithms and software for the guidance, navigation, and control of various vehicles, ensuring precise positions and orientations during flight and mission operations.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.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
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
Preferred
Experience with IR discrimination and tracking
Experience designing, tuning, implementing, and testing guidance algorithms and autopilot parameters for guided missiles and/or interceptors
Control systems theory and flight dynamics proficiency
Proficiency in creating and maintaining analysis tools in C++, MATLAB and Python
Proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment
Proficiency in MATLAB and Python toolchains
Existing active and in scope Top Secret clearance upon application
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