GPS Engineer
About The Position
Greenfield Engineering, a Saalex Company, is seeking a GPS Engineer in Lexington Park, Maryland, to support the Mission Systems Group and related military avionics programs. The role contributes to mission effectiveness and flight safety across the Naval Aviation enterprise by providing hands-on engineering analysis and technical support for the design, integration, and certification of navigation systems. The GPS Navigation Engineer applies systems engineering principles to the design, integration, and testing of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems. As a contributing technical team member, the incumbent supports navigation-related efforts across multiple aviation platforms and provides hands-on engineering support to platform-level Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and the broader engineering organization. The role focuses on analyzing navigation system performance and supporting technical projects and engineering documentation and certification artifacts related to GPS, Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), Embedded GPS/INS (EGI), Navigational Warfare (NAVWAR), and Radar Altimeters (RADALT).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Ability to apply engineering principles to complex technical problems within a collaborative team environment.
- Knowledge of systems engineering principles related to navigation systems.
- Working familiarity with PNT technologies such as GPS, INS, EGI, NAVAIDs, NAVWAR, and RADALT.
- Ability to contribute to technical efforts across diverse engineering disciplines.
- Proficiency in analyzing technical data and assisting in the review of engineering documentation.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively as part of a technical team.
- Ability to learn and apply established processes for system specification, integration, and testing.
- Demonstrated ability to apply engineering principles to solve technical problems.
- Active Secret clearance required; obtaining a clearance requires U.S. citizenship and a security investigation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience or academic coursework related to the design, integration, or testing of GPS, inertial, or other navigation systems.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to integrating navigation systems and components across multiple platforms.
- Provide technical support for navigation-related activities, including EGI-M upgrades and RADALT 5G C-band mitigation efforts.
- Assist platform program offices by providing technical data and analysis related to navigation system performance.
- Assist with technical reviews of engineering documentation, including Flight Clearances, Engineering Data Requirements Agreement Plans (EDRAPs), and navigation certification artifacts, under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Contribute to executing technical plans and science and technology development efforts.
- Support the definition and refinement of system specifications for PNT, GPS, INS, EGI, NAVWAR, NAVAIDs (TACAN, VOR, DME), RADALT, and precision approach systems.
- Collaborate with engineers to provide solutions and technical recommendations on navigation topics.
- Participate in developing navigation training materials and assist newer engineers in understanding established team processes.
- Attend technical conferences and events to gather information and support organizational goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Employer-paid health care plans for employees and family
- Retirement plan (401k, IRA)
- Life insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid time off (vacation, sick and public holidays)
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Training and development
- Wellness resources
- Stock option benefit
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