Calling all Cleared GNC Engineers!

Northrop Grumman•Dulles, VA

1d•$65,800 - $98,800•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is recruiting junior and mid-level engineers with backgrounds in Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Engineering to support our teams in Dulles, VA, Gilbert & Chandler AZ, and Redondo Beach, CA. These positions are 100% on-site and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 1 year of professional experience (Level 1)
Bachelor's degree with 2 years of professional experience, or Master's degree with 1 year (Level 2)
Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience, or Master's degree with 3 years, or PhD with 1 year (Level 3)
Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience, or Master's degree with 6 years, or PhD with 4 years (Level 4)
Requires an active U.S. Government Secret or Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope
Directly related Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) experience

Nice To Haves

Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline
Top Secret clearance
Experience designing and implementing attitude-control or state-estimation algorithms
Experience performing actuator/sensor sizing and selection
Experience with modeling, simulation, and verification/validation of 3‑DOF/6‑DOF GNC systems
Ability to conduct complex kinematics and dynamics analyses and to contribute to early-stage (clean-sheet) space vehicle and payload conceptual design
Experience with software and hardware-in-the-loop testing
Experience with version control tools such as SVN or Git
Experience implementing spacecraft GNC algorithms on embedded systems
Strong technical fundamentals in the areas of spacecraft attitude and orbit dynamics, navigation filtering and/or control systems design
Experience with on-orbit space vehicle operations, commanding, debugging, and use of flight telemetry to track performance metrics
Experience with Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) algorithms, practices and planning strategies
Experience with performing spacecraft GNC design, analysis, Hardware (HW) and Integration & Test (I&T), or flight operations.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

Responsibilities

Design and analyze relative guidance solutions for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO)
Design, analyze, and tune sequential filters (e.g. Kalman filters) for attitude determination and relative navigation
Analyze and test the spacecraft GNC subsystem performance using simulations and other analytic tools
Develop simulation models for sensors (e.g. star tracker, rate gyro, accelerometer, GPS, magnetometer, sun sensors), actuators (e.g. reaction wheel, torque bar, thruster, CMG), system dynamics (e.g. rigid body, multi-body, orbit mechanics, flexible models, propellant slosh), and the space environment (e.g. atmospheric, solar radiation pressure, third-body gravity, geopotential)
Develop and validate high-fidelity 3 DOF/6 DOF models and simulations of attitude, ephemeris, and line-of-sight dynamics.
Design, implement, and verify GNC algorithms, including trackers, filters, and controllers.
Build, test, and integrate software and simulation tools that enable reliable space vehicle and payload GNC throughout flight operations
Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains
Work on a 6-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) simulation to design and test missile flight code
Work with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance
Experience with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into missile flight code
Experience with various trajectory optimization software and tools
Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company process, and knowledge of vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, classical/modern control, and estimation theory to perform tasks to advanced program/project goals

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
Annual bonuses
Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)