Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer (Experienced/Senior)

Boeing

96d • $108,800 - $147,200

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer (Experienced/Senior) to support our teams in Edwards Airforce Base, CA. Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is hiring Experienced/Senior Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineers to join the Flight Systems Engineering Capability support team at Edwards Air Force Base. These roles will support new product development, integration and flight test supporting the areas of flight control and subsystem control for T-7A EMD. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in Aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• 5+ years of working experience with a Bachelor’s OR 3+ years with a Masters OR a PhD.
• Experience with Guidance Navigation and Control engineering.
• 1+ year of experience using Matlab/Simulink or MatrixX to model systems.

Nice To Haves

• 9+ years of working experience with a Bachelor’s OR 7+ years with a Masters OR 3+ years with a PhD.
• 3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior experience in flight test support.
• Experience with simulation, system and component modeling.
• Experience with implementing algorithms in a real time system.
• Hardware in the Loop Simulator (HILS) experience.

Responsibilities

• Support flight simulations, hardware in the loop testing, and flight testing.
• Participate in design reviews, analyses, simulations and component/system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations.
• Assist in defining Guidance, Navigation and Control mission requirements and ensure requirements traceability and quality from the system level to component level.
• Use multidisciplinary model data (aero, mass properties, propulsion, etc.) to develop and refine a complex, nonlinear, 6 degrees of freedom simulation model.
• Support design of flight control laws using modern linear control design techniques and tools to achieve design and performance targets.
• Use advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine the control law design.
• Perform model validation against test data to inform and improve the accuracy of the simulation environment.
• Develop supplementary controllers, limiters, mode logic, and signal shaping to properly bound the performance within all areas of the flight envelope.
• Work with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) software engineers to incorporate control laws into the operational flight program.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life and disability insurance programs
• Paid and unpaid time away from work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees