Guidance Navigation Control Engineer; Secret Level 2 or - Chandler

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start:
Yes.

Clearance type:
Secret.

Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time.

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.

As a primary member of our collaborative teams, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. You will contribute to the development and evaluation of guidance, navigation, and control systems for advanced aerospace applications, including aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and launch vehicles.

Your work will involve applying mathematical models, control theories, and algorithm development to achieve precision in navigation and control performance. You will also play a key role in analyzing system behavior, designing solutions, and integrating hardware and software components to ensure system reliability and mission success. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

• Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation tool chains.
• Work on a 6
  
  DOF simulation to design and test missile flight code.
• Work with 6
  
  DOF simulation models to evaluate system performance.
• Work with flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into flight code.
• Work with various trajectory optimization software and tools.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 1 year of professional experience; consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Existing U.S. Government security clearance at Secret or Top Secret level, active and in scope.
• Two (2) years of Guidance Navigation and Control experience with a Bachelor’s degree – OR – Zero (0) years of GNC experience with a Master’s degree.
• Exposure to C++ development in a Linux environment.
• Exposure to MATLAB and Python tool chains.

• Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Control systems theory and flight dynamics competence.
• Competence in creating and maintaining analysis tools in C++, MATLAB, and Python.
• Competence in C++ development in a Linux environment.
• Competence in MATLAB and Python tool chains.

• 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; consider an additional 7+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Existing U.S. Government security clearance at Secret or Top Secret level, active and in scope.
• Five (5) years of Guidance Navigation and Control experience with a Bachelor’s degree – OR – Three (3) years of GNC experience with a Master’s degree.
• Competence in C++ development in a Linux environment.
• Competence with MATLAB and Python tool chains.

• Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 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 tool chains.

Primary salary range: $79,300 - $118,900. Secondary salary range: $98,400 - $147,600.

Eligible employees may receive overtime, shift…