Senior Software Engineer – Engineer Software 3
Mission Technologies, a division of HII
JavaLinux
Principal Engineer, Guidance Navigation Control
Northrop Grumman
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: San Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $110,300 - $206,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) of aircraft
- Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities and stability margin requirements, both on ground and in flight
- Develop air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments
- Analyze air vehicle flight test data and support flight test activities
Requirements
- Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 5 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 3 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with no experience
- Excellent communication, analysis and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft flight dynamics
- Experience using linear control principles and tools to design feedback control systems
- Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop dynamics
- Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
- Active / in-scope DoD Secret Clearance
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
algorithm designsoftware developmentsimulation toolscontrol laws developmentdynamic simulation modelslinear control principlesfeedback control systemsnon-linear simulationsdata analysisflight test data analysis
Soft skills
communicationanalysisproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in STEMMaster's Degree in STEMPhD Degree in STEMDoD Secret Clearance