Controls and Simulation Engineer Level 5
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking Systems Controls and Simulation Engineer Level 5 for the development and ongoing support of new and existing turbine generators used in surface ship and submarine propulsion and power generation systems for the US Navy based out of Sunnyvale, CA. Our Sunnyvale site specializes in the development, manufacture, assembly and testing of propulsion and power generation systems for naval surface ships and submarines. The candidate selected will apply their skills to support current and future Navy Power & Propulsion development. Responsibilities include: Analyzing control system performance and requirements using systems models Modeling dynamic multi-physics systems from first principles; mechanical, electrical, magnetic Use model reduction methods to simplify systems for control design Perform linear systems analysis Perform stability analysis Build and parameterize uncertainty models Develop nonlinear simulation models Document work to share with engineering community and customer Must be onsite 4 days a week, remote work is not an option for this role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 12 years relevant work experience; or Master’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 10 years relevant experience; or Ph.D in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 7 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in frequency domain analysis.
- Experience characterizing and analyzing system stability.
- Experience with block diagrams and linear algebra.
- Experience with grey-box model validation.
- Proficiency with MATLAB coding and Simulink modeling.
- Experience building state space models of multiphysical systems.
- Experience with numerical methods for solving differential equations.
- Must be a US citizen.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Active US Government Secret clearance.
- Master's degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Controller tuning experience on real machines
- Experience with ModelCenter Integrate and Explore
- Familiar with rotordynamic analysis
- Familiar with FEA and super elements models
- Familiar with electromagnetics
- Experience designing weighting functions to meet operating criteria of large, MIMO systems
- Performing robust control design
Responsibilities
- Analyzing control system performance and requirements using systems models
- Modeling dynamic multi-physics systems from first principles; mechanical, electrical, magnetic
- Use model reduction methods to simplify systems for control design
- Perform linear systems analysis
- Perform stability analysis
- Build and parameterize uncertainty models
- Develop nonlinear simulation models
- Document work to share with engineering community and customer
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
