Calling All Gnc Engineering Professionals! (space Systems) Chandler

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Chandler, AZ +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Northrop Grumman is seeking Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Engineers for roles involving the design, development, implementation, verification, and testing of software and simulation toolchains for advanced missile defense spacecraft and interceptors. The role involves working with 6DOF simulations to design and test missile flight code and evaluate system performance, utilizing experience in missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and trajectory optimization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains
  2. Work on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code
  3. Work with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance
  4. Experience with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into missile flight code
  5. Experience with various trajectory optimization software and tools

Skills

Required

  • Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Engineering
  • Software development
  • Simulation toolchains
  • 6DOF simulation
  • Missile flight code
  • Missile flight dynamics
  • Autopilot and guidance design
  • Trajectory optimization