Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 11 hours ago
Staff Guidance Navigation Control Engineer - Navigation Lead
United States-California-San Diego
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $266K/yr
7+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Staff Guidance Navigation Control Engineer to lead the development of next-generation navigation technology for Air Vehicle programs. The role involves overseeing the technical development, integration, and testing of advanced Vehicle Management System software and hardware components focused on Navigation.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Interfacing with strategic supplier partners and coordinating with adopting programs chief engineers and division chief architects to ensure technical requirements are properly incorporated into design solutions
Ensuring VMS lab infrastructure is developed and validated to support development efforts for critical sector programs and advanced design solutions
Leveraging your good understanding of the GPS system, the GPS Signal in Space characteristics, DGPS systems, inertial sensors, GPS/INS, tightly coupled Kalman filters, GPS receiver design
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelors degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) field and at least 12 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field with at least 10 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Ph.D. and at least 7 years of relevant military / professional experience
Must be proficient with MATLAB
Must have experience with C/C++, Python, and / or Simulink
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
Preferred
Clearance Level: Active Top Secret
Knowledge of relative navigation technologies and algorithms
Experience in developing navigation fusion algorithms with a focus on image based navigation, LiDAR based navigation, & Celestial based navigation
Knowledge of Flight Sciences
Flight Test experience: Some experience
Supplier management: Some experience
Requirements development: Some experience
Requirements verification testing: Some experience
Proficiency with test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, multi-meters)
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