GNC Engineering Mgr 1 - Secret (Chandler)

Northrop Grumman • Chandler, AZ

1d • $114,900 - $172,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring a first-line Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) engineering leader in Chandler, Arizona. The manager will support a group of approximately 8–20 GN&C engineers working across multiple programs. The position combines people leadership, technical mentorship, and accountability for the execution of complex missile-system GN&C work. It is 100% onsite and does not accommodate telecommuting. The schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off. Travel is expected approximately 10% of the time.

The manager will lead daily execution for the work group, aligning staffing and workforce development with program priorities. They will also technically mentor teams developing missile-based GN&C systems and may contribute directly to navigation models and simulations, sensor and algorithm assessment, mission analysis, and verification approaches. The work may support advanced weapons, tactical strike systems, missile-defense interceptors, and related space-flight applications. The position requires an active U.S. Government Secret clearance at application, and continued employment is contingent on obtaining any final clearances and program access within a reasonable period as determined by the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of professional experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of professional experience; an additional 4+ years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope.
• Demonstrated experience leading, supervising, or directly managing engineering personnel and delivery of technical work.
• Demonstrated professional GN&C experience for missile-based systems, including meaningful depth in guidance, autopilot/control, and tracking or state estimation.
• Ability to obtain final clearances and program access within a reasonable period as determined by the company.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading teams that develop, analyze, integrate, or verify missile-based GN&C systems.
• Experience developing, evaluating, or integrating missile guidance algorithms, including midcourse, terminal, intercept, trajectory-shaping, and/or target-engagement guidance functions.
• Experience designing, analyzing, and verifying missile autopilots and control laws, including stability, robustness, gain scheduling, actuator dynamics, vehicle dynamics, and flight-software integration.
• Experience with seeker tracking and target-state estimation using infrared (IR) and/or radio-frequency (RF) sensor systems, including sensor modeling, measurement processing, filtering, track formation and maintenance, and uncertainty characterization.
• Experience with navigation models and simulations, sensor and algorithm performance assessment, mission analysis, and verification approaches.
• Experience integrating GN&C analysis products with flight software, digital-engineering environments, test organizations, and verification campaigns.
• Experience supporting advanced weapons, tactical strike systems, interceptor programs, missile-defense applications, and/or space-flight systems.
• Experience operating in low-altitude, high-speed, high-dynamic, glide-phase, degraded-GPS, or other challenging flight environments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical results, program risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to engineering and program stakeholders.
• Ability to foster ethical conduct, balanced results, partner satisfaction, employee growth, collaborative teams, customer trust, and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily execution for a GN&C engineering work group, aligning staffing, assignments, recruiting, retention, and development with program priorities.
• Provide performance management, coaching, mentoring, training, and career-development support for assigned engineers.
• Lead and technically mentor teams performing missile-based GN&C system development, including guidance, autopilot/control, tracking, state estimation, modeling, simulation, analysis, and verification.
• Manage delivery of complex GN&C tasks; establish priorities, resolve execution risks, and communicate results, tradeoffs, and recommendations to engineering and program leadership.
• Partner with systems, flight software, test, digital engineering, and program teams to integrate GN&C products and support verification campaigns.
• Support programs spanning advanced weapons, tactical strike systems, missile defense interceptors, and related space-flight applications.
• Build team integration during the first 6–12 months through clear operating rhythms, technical mentorship, and workforce-health actions.
• Contribute technically by working with teams to define and assess navigation models and simulations, evaluate sensor and algorithm performance, support mission analysis, and shape verification approaches for critical programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager