Job Description
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is looking for an Guidance Navigation Control Engineer/Principal Engineer to support the Strike Weapons Program within the Launch Vehicles business unit in Chandler, Arizona.
Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, submersibles, surface ships, missiles, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of launch, flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events. Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality. Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space. Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft.
The Engineer/Principal GNC Engineer will design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains. The candidate will be working on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code. The applicant will be creating and implementing 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance. The candidate will perform mission analysis on flight test and tactical systems. The engineer will need to have knowledge of missile flight dynamics. The candidate should have exposure to missile autopilot and guidance schemes. The candidate should have experience with C++ programing language, as well as Python and MATLAB.
This position maybe offered at the Engineer GNC Level 2 or Principal GNC Level 3.
Basic Qualifications:
If offered at the Engineer GNC Level 2 requires:
If offered at the Principal Engineer GNC Level 3 requires:
Preferred Qualifications:
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