About the Role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is looking for a Sr. Staff Guidance Navigation Control Engineer Level 6 to support Advance Weapons in Northridge, CA and will be 100% on-site. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Responsibilities

• Apply broad knowledge of vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, and classical/modern control theory and estimation theory to solve complex aerospace engineering problems
• Contribute to development of new knowledge, concepts, products and innovative solutions
• Interpret, organize, execute and coordinate technical assignments for aerospace engineering activities
• Collaborate in top-level requirements flow-down to:
• Navigation and/or Target Tracking subsystem requirements
  • Navigation sensors and/or Targeting sensors selection
  • Missile Guidance and Autopilot requirements
  • Control Actuator System (CAS) selection
  • Propulsion System selection
• Define navigation/target tracking and vehicle dynamics modeling requirements and simulation architecture
• Plan, organize and execute navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot algorithm design, development and implementation
• Participate and support navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot subsystem integration and test
• Analyze test results of navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot subsystem from 6 degree-of-freedom (6 DOF) simulation, processor-in-the-loop (PIL) simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation, ground test, separation flight test, captive carry flight test and live fire launch
• Verify navigation, target tracking, missile guidance & autopilot subsystem performance meets requirements
• Attend and present at various design reviews and test readiness reviews

Basic Qualifications

• BS in engineering & 14 years of relevant experience; or Master's in engineering & 12 years of relevant experience; or PhD in engineering & 10 years of relevant experience
• Active DOD Secret Security Clearance
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the technical fields below:
• Navigation - Own-Ship State Estimation, GPS aided Inertial Navigation System, Strap-down Navigation, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Navigation Sensors, Measure of Performance for Navigation
  • Tracking - Target State Estimation, Track File Manager, Multi-Target Tracking, Angle-Only Tracking, Geo-Locating, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Targeting Sensors, Measure of Performance for Target Tracking
  • Guidance - Basic/Expanded Guidance Law, Impact of targeting sensors to Guidance, Measure of Performance for Guidance
  • Control - Autopilot/Flight Control architecture, Aerodynamic database, CAS, Impact of Navigation sensors to Autopilot, Measure of Performance for Autopilot
• Demonstrate capability in:
• Modeling vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion and CAS in 6 DOF simulation with ECI/ECEF/Geodetic/NED coordinate frames
  • Collaborate in flight vehicle system development. Leverage multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and analysis processes, tools, and efforts
  • Matlab, Simulink, C++
  • Author proposal papers
  • Understanding of Software development process and configuration management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university
• Strong with AGILE, MBSE, and/or system architecture frameworks
• Effective project management skills and good communication techniques
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government
• Proficiency with RF Threat Modeling
• Proficiency in guided missile design

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range: $192,800.00 - $289,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Additional Information

• Clearance Type: Secret
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
• Relocation Assistance: May be available (relocation may be available but is not guaranteed)
• Application Timeline: The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates
• U.S. Citizenship Required: U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions

Equal Opportunity

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.