Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Engineer

Company: CLEARED CONNECTIONS
Location: Plymouth
Posted on: April 4, 2021

Job Description:

Security Clearance Jobs for Defense and Intelligence Careers Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Engineer Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, submersibles, surface ships, missiles, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of launch, flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events. Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality. Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space. Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
B.S., M.S. or PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace or Systems Engineering or a closely related field.
Industrial work experience in model development, requirements definition, GNC algorithm analysis and synthesis and familiarity with both modern and classical control design techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:
Specific Technical Skills:

• Using first principles to develop math models of physical systems
• Classical methods for analysis and synthesis of control algorithms
• Modern (state space) methods for analysis and synthesis of control algorithms
• Optimal control techniques
• Non-linear control techniques
• Working experience with guidance algorithms
• Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink software tools and related toolboxes
• Implementation of control/navigation algorithms in a real hardware application system
• Test performance predictions and test data reconciliation
• Model reduction techniques
• Hardware, field test and Defense/Aerospace domain experience is a plus. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. How to apply Employer provided a link where your application will be accepted. Click on the link below and follow instructions.

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