Staff Engineer Guidance Navigation Control

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Engineer Guidance, Navigation, & Control
. This position will be located in San Diego, El Segundo, or Palmdale, CA
.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives today and for generations to come. We seek bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to invent the future, and to have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work. We have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

• Work in a multi-disciplinary team environment to design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) of aircraft.
• Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities and stability margin requirements, both on ground and in flight.
• Develop air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments.
• Analyze air vehicle flight test data and support flight test activities.

• Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 12 years of experience, or a Master’s Degree in STEM with 10 years of experience, or a PhD with 7 years of experience.
• Excellent communication, analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft flight dynamics.
• Experience using linear control principles and tools to design feedback control systems.
• Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop dynamics.
• Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.
• Active / in-scope DoD Secret Clearance.

• Proficient in MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience designing control laws for fixed wing aircraft and performing handling qualities analysis.
• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-1797 flying qualities requirements.
• Active / in-scope DoD Top Secret Clearance.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $. The salary range is a general guideline; base salary offers consider the scope and responsibilities, candidate experience, education, and market conditions. Depending on the position, overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus may apply in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and company results. Employees in Vice President or Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Northrop Grumman provides health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, Company paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal needs.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date, but this timeline may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, visit  U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.