Northrop Grumman

Staff Systems Engineer – GN&C

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Roy • Utah • United States

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Salary

💰 $169,000 - $253,600 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Participate in engineering review boards, technical interchange meetings and critical milestone reviews.
  • Contribute to planning, determining resource requirements and IMS development.
  • Determine and report incremental performance improvements.
  • Respond to analysis package requests.
  • Perform trajectory assessment and flight analyses.
  • Gather and analyze the mission requirements to ensure mission objectives and constraints are met.
  • Collaborate with a team of GN&C engineers in an Agile environment to meet critical milestones.
  • Develop and analyze GNC algorithms (Guidance, Navigation, Autopilot).
  • Develop and integrate vehicle navigation algorithms into 6 degree of freedom (6dof) simulations.
  • Develop, verify, and validate complex 6 degree of freedom vehicle models.
  • Model missile components such has inertial measurement units (IMU) and thrust vector control (TVC) systems.
  • Use C++ and MATLAB and Object-Oriented design.
  • Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, and development stages, utilizing (M&S) tools systems for safety and mission critical analysis.
  • Work with the GN&C Flight Software Team to automatically generate code from high-level specifications or models, ensuring consistency and reducing manual errors.

Requirements

  • 12 years of experience with a Bachelors degree; 10 years of experience with a Masters degree or 8 years of experience with PhD.
  • Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
  • 6 years demonstrated experience in the area of guidance, navigation, or control algorithm development and/or analysis for launch vehicles, missiles, spacecraft, and/or aircraft.
  • 6 years demonstrated experience coding in a higher-level programming language (C, C++, MATLAB /Simulink, etc.)
  • 4 years experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance.
  • 6 years experience in developing GNC algorithms (Guidance, Navigation, Autopilot).
  • 6 years experience with Agile Development with DoDAF standards and methods.
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
C++MATLABObject-Oriented designGNC algorithms6 degree of freedom simulationstrajectory assessmentflight analysesmodeling missile componentscoding in higher-level programming languagesfull software lifecycle
Soft Skills
collaborationplanninganalysiscommunicationproblem-solvingteamworkcritical thinkingresource managementleadershipinterpersonal skills
Certifications
DoD Secret Clearance