Principal / Senior Principal Navigation Systems Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Navigation Systems Engineer to join its Emerging Capabilities Development organization at the Woodland Hills, California site. The role focuses on designing and implementing model-based navigation software and contributes to the company's digital transformation through Model-based Engineering and Agile practices. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with navigation and timing experts and internal and external stakeholders to advance navigation and timing technologies and support mission success. The engineer will analyze navigation performance in laboratory and flight-test scenarios, communicate status and results to program management and customers, work with advanced navigation systems and algorithms, and present ideas to internal and external groups. The position requires full-time onsite work in Woodland Hills, travel 10% of the time, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance. Relocation assistance may be available.
Requirements
- For the Principal level: a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of engineering experience, a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of engineering experience, or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of engineering experience.
- For the Senior Principal level: a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of engineering experience, a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of engineering experience, or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 4 years of engineering experience.
- Experience implementing sensor fusion for navigation systems using IMUs, GPS, barometers, and other sensors.
- Experience implementing advanced state-estimation algorithms, such as Extended Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering, or Particle Filtering, for position, velocity, and attitude determination.
- Experience with noise modeling and covariance tuning.
- Experience analyzing data from Inertial Navigation Systems.
- Hands-on experience with navigation sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, and barometers.
- Experience implementing multi-sensor synchronization and calibration.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance is required.
- Ability to work full-time onsite in Woodland Hills, California.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing algorithms for satellite acquisition, tracking, and receiver measurement formation.
- Familiarity with military navigation modernization, particularly M-code signal processing and capabilities.
- Familiarity with timing and distributed clock algorithms.
- Familiarity with inertial navigation system mechanizations.
- Experience combining data from IMUs, GPS, barometers, and other sensors.
- Understanding of multi-sensor synchronization and calibration.
- Familiarity with tracking-loop design, including characterization of platform dynamics and environmental or interference effects.
- Understanding of accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers and their roles in navigation.
Responsibilities
- Analyze navigation performance in laboratory and flight-test scenarios.
- Communicate status, issues, and results to program management and customers.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop advanced navigation and timing technologies.
- Work with a team of navigation and timing experts to advance the state of the art.
- Use leading-edge navigation systems, techniques, algorithms, and software to enhance mission success.
- Present ideas to internal and external groups and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
