Sentinel - Systems​/Principal Systems Engineer; GN&C

Overview

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 Systems Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer supporting activities including flight simulator development, Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) algorithm development and implementation, and "test as you fly" with rigorous model and requirements verification and validation.

This position will be located in Roy, UT / Huntsville, AL / Manhattan Beach, CA supporting the Sentinel program.

• 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 (GN&C) algorithms.
• Develop software tools for analyzing GN&C performance.
• Conduct system performance assessments for performance against mission requirements.
• Perform GN&C system and accuracy analysis of flight tests.

This requisition may be filled at either the Systems Engineer level (T-02) or Principal Systems Engineer level (T-03).

• T-02 Systems Engineer: 2 years of experience with Bachelor's degree or 0 years with a Master’s degree. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• T-03 Principal Systems Engineer: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of 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.
• 2+ years of experience in guidance, navigation, or control algorithm development and/or analysis for launch vehicles, missiles, spacecraft, and/or aircraft applications.
• 2+ years of experience in high level programming languages (MATLAB, C++) and Object-Oriented Programming design.
• 2+ years of experience working in a highly collaborative & dynamic team-based environment.

• Master's 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.
• Experience in software version control system (i.e. Git) and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.

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