Sentinel - Sr. Lead Engineer; GN&C
Listed on 2026-06-03
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Systems Engineer
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
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.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Staff Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer supporting activities including flight simulator development, GN&C algorithm development and implementation, and "test as you fly" with rigorous model and requirements verification and validation.
Location:
Roy, UT / Huntsville, AL / Manhattan Beach, CA, supporting the Sentinel program.
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership within the Flight Systems Analysis & Algorithms team helping in planning, development, and integration of work scope, and identifying GN&C risks and opportunities. The candidate will also be expected to provide subject matter expertise and brief senior leadership on technical issues.
Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:- Work in multi-disciplinary teams to develop, verify, and validate a complex 6-degree of freedom missile flight simulator
- Design and implement guidance, navigation, and control algorithms
- Gain tuning and assessment of system stability
- Develop software tools for analyzing GN&C performance
- Conduct system assessments for performance against mission requirements
- Perform GN&C system and accuracy analysis of flight tests, and root cause error analysis
- 14 years with bachelor’s in relevant field of study, 12 years with master’s, 10 years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
- 10+ years’ experience in guidance, navigation, or control algorithm development and/or analysis for launch vehicles, missiles, spacecraft, and/or aircraft applications
- 8+ years’ experience in high level programming languages (MATLAB, C++) and Object-Oriented Programming design
- 8+ years’ experience working in a highly collaborative & dynamic team-based environment
- Master's or PhD Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- DoD Top Secret Clearance
- Experience in sensor navigation, including inertial, radio, and/or optical navigation techniques
- Experience in strategic missile guidance and implementation of guidance algorithms
- Experience in trajectory optimization, non-linear control, and/or adaptive/autonomous flight control systems
- Experience with optimal state estimation filters (e.g. Kalman)
- Knowledge of machine learning applications for adaptive flight control
- Demonstrated proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Python, and/or other tools for GN&C simulation and development
- Demonstrated knowledge of aerodynamic modeling, flight mechanics, missile/re-entry vehicle dynamics
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing, embedded control systems, and real-time software integration
- In depth knowledge of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) systems and systems architecture
- Experience in software version control system (e.g. Git) and continuous…
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