Guidance Navigation Controls (GNC) Engineer or a Principal Guidance Navigation Controls (GNC) Engineer

Northrop Grumman•El Segundo, CA

10d•$91,800 - $171,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Guidance Navigation Controls (GNC) Engineer or a Principal Guidance Navigation Controls (GNC) Engineer to join our team of qualified individuals within our South Bay Vehicle Engineering organization. This position is located at El Segundo, CA. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations and collaborative/team settings across all levels. This is a dynamic organization involved in deploying forward-leaning avionics, guidance, navigation, and control systems for developmental concepts for air vehicles, weapons, and many more platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a relevant Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 2 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree in a related STEM discipline with 0 years of experience (for GNC Engineer level).
Bachelor's degree in a relevant Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 5 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 3 years of experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline with 1 year of experience (for Principal GNC Engineer level).
Working knowledge of or experience with fixed-wing aircraft flight dynamics.
Working knowledge of or experience with linear control principles and tools to design feedback control systems.
Working knowledge of or experience with analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop dynamics.
Working knowledge of or experience with autopilot functions.
Working knowledge of or experience with outer loop control law performance requirements.
Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.
Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems.
Familiarity with autocoding Simulink models
Working knowledge of logic, modes, and states for autonomous aircraft.
Familiarity with C/C++ programming.
Familiarity with Python programming.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Nice To Haves

Current active in-scope US Government Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
Experience designing control laws for fixed wing aircraft
Familiarity with MIL-STD-1797 flying qualities requirements
Familiarity with with autonomy algorithms (Autonomous Taxi/ Take Off And Landing, etc.) for driving control laws.
Familiarity with Simulink Stateflow Modeling
Experience with Lua Script programming.
Working knowledge of SAE-94910 performance requirements.

Responsibilities

Support research and development of flight control algorithms for manned and unmanned air vehicles.
Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control (GNC) of autonomous unmanned aircraft.
Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities, and stability margin requirements both on ground and in flight.
Design outer and inner loop control laws and associated logic and autonomy functions.
Develop air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments.
Perform performance and flying qualities analysis.
Support non-linear simulation and hardware-in-the-loop lab testing.
Support flight test activities and analyze air vehicle flight test data.
Develop analysis to support design reviews at different stages in a development program, such as PDR, CDR, etc.