Principal / Sr Principal GNC Engineer (Active Secret Clearance Required) (AHT)
Onsite
Northridge, CA, United States
Northridge, CA, United States
Posted 14 days ago
Job Details
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Want to solve complex problems at the "napkin sketch" level by creating cutting-edge, complex systems that need to operate in the harshest of conditions? Join Northrop Grumman's Advanced Weapons Team on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is looking for a motivated GNC Engineer (Principal or Sr Principal Engineer - Guidance Navigation Control) to support the Advanced Weapons Team in Northridge, California .The selected candidate will be responsible for developing new and / or integrate existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models.You will work with air vehicle and subsystem engineers, as well as with program and customer leadership, to recommend candidate designs, and to develop Concepts of Operation (CONOPs) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) at the system, mission, and campaign levels.This drives the development of clean-sheet requirements, refine existing program system requirements, and influence the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities.Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices. Essential Functions include the following:
- Requirements analysis for guided missile concept design.
- Perform air-to-ground and air-to-air missile trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for all phases of flight to meet mission requirements subject to mission and vehicle constraints. Which include the followings:
- Perform trade studies to improve weapon performance and reliability.
- Develop and implement new GNC algorithms in prototype software to support mission unique capabilities.
- Develop automation tools for mission design, analysis, test, and evaluation.
- Interact with customers to execute current missions and develop future business.
- For Principal GNC Engineer : BS degree in Aerospace Engineering with 5+ years of relevant industry experience or 3 years' experience with MS degree
- For a Sr. Principal GNC Engineer : BS degree in Aerospace Engineering with 9+ years of relevant industry experience or 7 years' experience with MS degree
- Relevant industrial experience:
- Guided missile/projectile or UAV development: requirements definition; non-linear 6DOF modeling and simulation (see Specific Technical Skills below); flight tests support.
- Guidance Navigation, Control, and Target State Estimation algorithm design, test, and evaluation (see Specific Technical Skills below).
- Working knowledge of flight vehicle aerodynamics, solid rocket/ramjet propulsion, and design optimization.
- **Current DoD Secret Clearance and be able to obtain Program Special Access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
- Develop performance models of missile sub-systems (navigation sensors, targeting sensors, propulsion systems, control actuation systems) and threat models for non-linear 6DOF simulation.
- Design Guidance algorithm: Guidance Law, Trajectory Optimization, Flight Vehicle Autonomy
- Design Navigation algorithm: Initial Alignment, Strapdown Propagation, INS filter.
- Design Flight Control algorithm: Trim Point Selection, LTI Trim and Maneuver Analysis, Non-linear Dynamic Analysis.
- Design Target State Estimation algorithm: Angle Only Tracking, Maneuvering Target Tracking, Multi-Target Tracking, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Track File Manager.
- Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink software tools and related toolboxes
- Proposal development, writing and execution.
- Effective project management 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
- Experience with version control tools (Bitbucket, GitHub, or Gitlab, etc.)
- Analysis of Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability, Engagement at the mission level
- Experience integrating plug-ins to AFSIM.
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