2026 Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer Intern Redondo Beach CA

Northrop Grumman•Redondo Beach, CA

42d•$21 - $47

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman is a space pioneer, supporting government, civil and commercial customers in solving their biggest challenges. Our forward-leaning, innovative spirit is backed by a legacy of expertise that began at the dawn of the space age. Our mission experience in space runs deep, we know our customers well, and our capabilities are unmatched. This is what allows us to provide reliable, agile and affordable space solutions to best serve our customers. From defending freedom to advancing human discovery, we are defining what is possible in space every day. An internship at Northrop Grumman is unique. Sure, you'll learn new skills, explore our enterprise, network with experts, connect with thought leaders, and finish with a resume that opens doors. But you'll gain something even more valuable: pride in what you've done. Join us and launch your career. We'll support you with training, employee resource groups, and our shared vision of global security. Northrop Grumman is seeking Guidance Navigation and Control Engineers for an internship opportunity. This position will be located at our Space sector in Redondo Beach, CA. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman's Guidance Navigation and Control team within the Western Region Vehicle and Software Engineering Directorate.

Requirements

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria.
The candidate must:
Be a student who is enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university and will be enrolled full time in Fall 2026
Be majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering or STEM degree
Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2026.
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

Nice To Haves

Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
Previous internship/co-op experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular).
Self-motivated, willing to learn, and interested in working in a team environment.
Experience in MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Python

Responsibilities

Derives guidance, navigation, and control system requirements from customer and mission needs.
Collaborates across functional teams to perform trade studies supporting selected approaches.
Provides subject matter expertise in the selection of hardware (sensors, actuators, processors) and development of algorithms (trackers, filters, controllers) to fulfill GNC requirements.
Creates models and simulations of system attitude, ephemeris, and line-of-sight dynamics, knowledge, and control to support analysis, verification, and flight operations.
Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of spacecraft during earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events.
Engineers navigation functions including the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality.
Builds guidance functions including the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space.
Implements control design and analysis processes consisting of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for spacecraft.