Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer
Boeing
ApacheUnix
Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer
Boeing
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania
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💰 $88,400 - $147,200 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
ApacheUnix
About the role
- Analyze air vehicle stability and control characteristics to ensure acceptable handling qualities in compliance with specifications
- Apply control theory to design control laws for dynamic control response, gust/disturbance rejection, system failure robustness, and loads considerations
- Develop and validate linear and nonlinear mathematical analysis and simulation models of air vehicle and subsystems using theory and test data, including wind tunnel and flight test
- Support design of new and modified rotorcraft configurations from a stability, control, and handling qualities perspective
- Perform wind tunnel, pilot-in-the-loop flight simulation, hardware-in-the-loop laboratory, and flight testing in support of vehicle design and analysis
- Apply tools such as Matlab, Unix, and legacy and modern programming languages
- Collaborate with test pilots and engineers in aerodynamics, dynamics, avionics systems, structural design, and crew station design to optimize vehicle level characteristics
- Occasional travel to off-site flight test locations (cold weather, high altitude, ships at sea)
- Willingness to work flexible hours, overtime and occasional weekends when necessary to support test activities
- Position expected to be 100% on-site at the Ridley Park, PA location; participates in Boeing’s optional 9/80 schedule
- Position requires ability to obtain U.S. Security Clearance; Final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start required
Requirements
- For Level 2: Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and Bachelor’s degree with coursework or experience in control systems combined with 2+ years relevant work experience OR Master’s degree with coursework or experience in control systems
- For Level 3: Bachelor of Science degree in the specified fields and Bachelor’s degree with coursework or experience in control systems combined with 5+ years relevant work experience OR Master's degree with coursework or experience in control systems combined with 3+ years relevant work experience OR PhD degree with coursework or experience in control systems
- Typical engineering majors include Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Degree with completion of rotorcraft-centric engineering courses preferred
- Experience, activities, and coursework demonstrating interest in Flight Vehicle Dynamics, Stability & Control, Control Law Design, GNC, Simulation and Modeling, and/or Aeromechanics
- Graduate level coursework and experience in linear stability analysis including aero-servo-elastic effects preferred
- Knowledge of rotorcraft desirable
- Experience with Matlab, Unix, and legacy and modern programming languages
- Experience developing and validating linear and nonlinear mathematical analysis and simulation models using theory and test data, including wind tunnel and flight test
- Experience performing wind tunnel, pilot-in-the-loop flight simulation, hardware-in-the-loop laboratory, and flight testing
- Ability to work flexible hours, overtime and occasional weekends
- Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time (typically requires a Driver’s License)
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required for clearance)
- Export control compliance: must be a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 (U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee)
- Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status
- Subject to drug testing per company policies
