Principal / Senior Principal Engineer - Guidance Navigation Controls

Company: Northrop Grumman Corp. (JP)
Location: Redondo Beach
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Principal or Senior Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation Controls to support the Vehicle Engineering organization in Redondo Beach, CA. The selected candidate will support research and development of flight control algorithms for manned and unmanned air vehicles. This is a dynamic and fun organization involved in deploying forward-leaning avionics, guidance, navigation, and control systems for developmental concepts for air vehicles, weapons, and many more platforms.Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control (GNC) of autonomous unmanned aircraft.
• Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities and stability margin requirements, both on ground and in flight.
• Design outer loop control laws, and associated logic and autonomy functions.
• Develop air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments.
• Perform performance and flying qualities analysis.
• Support non-linear simulation and hardware-in-the-loop lab testing.
• Support flight test activities and analyze air vehicle flight test data.Basic Qualifications:
  • Principal Guidance, Navigation and Controls Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 5 years of experience OR Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 3 years of experience OR PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 0 years of experience.
  • Senior Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation and Controls: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 9 years of experience OR Master's degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 7 years of experience OR PhD in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 4 years of experience.
  • Excellent communication, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
  • A current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
  • Working 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.
  • Working knowledge of autopilot functions.
  • Working knowledge of outer loop control law performance requirements.
  • Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.
  • Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems.
  • Experience designing autopilot functions.
  • Experience with logic, modes, and states for autonomous aircraft.
  • Familiarity with C/C++ programming.
  • Familiarity with Python programming.Preferred Qualifications:
    • Experience with crewed/uncrewed teaming algorithms such as performing a Combat Air Patrol (CAP), formation flight, Hold patterns.
    • Experience with NURBS curve generation.
    • Familiar with in-flight routing behaviors for Sense and Avoid, and 4D keep out/keep in zones
    • Familiar with autonomy algorithms (Autonomous Taxi/ Take Off And Landing, etc.) for driving control laws.
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