Northrop Grumman Australia · 3 days ago
Sr Staff Guidance Navigation Control Engineer (AHT)
United States-California-Northridge
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$193K/yr - $289K/yr
10+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company looking for a Sr Staff Guidance Navigation Control Engineer to support their Advanced Weapons division in Northridge, CA. The role involves applying knowledge in vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, and control theory to solve complex aerospace engineering problems and collaborating on missile guidance and autopilot systems.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Apply broad knowledge of vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, and classical/modern control theory and estimation theory to solve complex aerospace engineering problems. Contribute to development of new knowledge, concepts, products and innovative solutions. Interpret, organize, execute and coordinate technical assignments for aerospace engineering activities
Collaborate in top-level requirements flow-down to Navigation and/or Target Tracking subsystem requirements
Navigation sensors and/or Targeting sensors selection
Missile Guidance and Autopilot requirements
Control Actuator System (CAS) selection
Propulsion System selection
Define navigation/target tracking and vehicle dynamics modeling requirements and simulation architecture
Plan, organize and execute navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot algorithm design, development and implementation
Participate and support navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot subsystem integration and test
Analyze test results of navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot subsystem from 6 degree-of-freedom (6 DOF) simulation, processor-in-the-loop (PIL) simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, ground test, separation flight test, captive carry flight test and live fire launch
Verify navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot subsystem performance meets requirements
Attend and present at various design reviews and test readiness reviews
Qualification
Required
BS in engineering & 14 years of relevant experience; or master's in engineering & 12 years of relevant experience; or PhD in engineering & 10 years of relevant experience
Active DOD Secret Security Clearance
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the technical fields below: Navigation - Own-Ship State Estimation, GPS aided Inertial Navigation System, Strap-down Navigation, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Navigation Sensors, Measure of Performance for Navigation
Tracking - Target State Estimation, Track File Manager, Multi-Target Tracking, Angle-Only Tracking, Geo-Locating, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Targeting Sensors, Measure of Performance for Target Tracking
Guidance – Basic/Expanded Guidance Law, Impact of targeting sensors to Guidance, Measure of Performance for Guidance
Control – Autopilot/Flight Control architecture, Aerodynamic database, CAS, Impact of Navigation sensors to Autopilot, Measure of Performance for Autopilot
Demonstrate capability in: Modeling vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion and CAS in 6 DOF simulation with ECI/ECEF/Geodetic/NED coordinate frames
Collaborate in flight vehicle system development. Leverage multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and analysis processes, tools, and efforts
Matlab, Simulink, C++
Author proposal papers
Understanding of Software development process and configuration management
Preferred
Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university
Strong with AGILE, MBSE, and / or system architecture frameworks
Effective project management skills and good communication techniques
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government
Proficiency with RF Threat Modeling
Proficiency in guided missile design
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