Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a GNC Engineer – Level 2 or 3 located in Chandler, AZ, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.
In this position, you will contribute to the development and evaluation of guidance, navigation, and control systems for advanced aerospace applications, including aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and launch vehicles. Your work will involve applying mathematical models, control theories, and algorithm development to achieve precision in navigation and control performance. You will also play a key role in analyzing system behavior, designing solutions, and integrating hardware and software components to ensure system reliability and mission success.
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
Your mission, should you choose to accept:
Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains
Work on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code
Work with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance
Work with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into missile flight code
Work with various trajectory optimization software and tools
Other duties as assigned
If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!
This position is contingent upon obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
Basic Qualifications for Level 2:
Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance
Two (2) years of Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) related experience with a Bachelor's degree - OR - Zero (0) years of GNC experience with a Master's degree.
Exposure to C++ development in a Linux environment
Exposure to MATLAB and Python toolchains
Preferred Qualifications for Level 2:
Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.
Control systems theory and flight dynamics competence
Competence in creating and maintaining analysis tools in C++, MATLAB and Python
Competence in C++ development in a Linux environment
Competence in MATLAB and Python toolchains
Existing active and in scope Secret Clearance upon application
Basic Qualifications for Level 3:
Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 7+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance
Five (5) years of Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) related experience with a Bachelor's degree - OR - three (3) years of GNC experience with a Master's degree.
Competence in C++ development in a Linux environment
Competence to MATLAB and Python toolchains
Preferred Qualifications for Level 3:
Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.
Control systems theory and flight dynamics proficiency
Proficiency in creating and maintaining analysis tools in C++, MATLAB and Python
Proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment
Proficiency in MATLAB and Python toolchains
Existing active and in scope Secret Clearance upon application