Ng Fellow 1 – Sds Guidance Navigation and Control (gn&c)

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +1 · Engineering Mult-Func

Northrop Grumman is seeking an NG Fellow 1 SDS Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) to provide technical leadership and direction on GN&C for the Sentinel ICBM and develop GN&C development and maturation strategy for SDS. This role requires deep expertise in GN&C systems, flight critical systems, and real-time systems, with a focus on strategy, leadership, and stakeholder management within a defense sector.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership and direction on Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) for the Sentinel ICBM as well as provide technical expertise and develop GN&C development and maturation strategy for SDS.
  2. Designs research and develop highly advanced new applications resulting in new product/business opportunities for the company.
  3. Experience in the development, test, and fielding of flight critical systems
  4. Experience in design and development of flight control algorithms/feedback control systems.
  5. Experience in developing requirements and verification plans, and negotiations with customer and user communities.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and 20+ years of related experience; 18+ years of experience with a Masters; 15+ years of experience with a PhD.
  • Detailed understanding of Guidance, Navigation, and Control systems.
  • Able to lead a diverse team while cultivating a positive work environment.
  • Demonstrated performance to drive execution in support and alignment to leadership direction.
  • Demonstrated experience leading the design, development, and validation of guidance, navigation, and control systems integrating flight critical hardware, software, and algorithms.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply and/or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories and concepts towards successful program execution.
  • Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness.
  • Able to communicate effectively at the highest levels.
  • Serves as consultant to leadership team in program-wide planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research and advancements.
  • Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years and ability to obtain Special Program Access

Nice to have

  • Experience in leading organizational change and ensuring successful adoption of new technologies and best practices.
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams, including recruitment, performance management, and professional development.
  • Ability to strategically allocate resources and manage budgets to optimize team performance and deliver value-driven results.
  • Ability to influence and gain buy-in from key stakeholders, ensuring alignment and successful project delivery.
  • Proficiency with development of architecture and requirements for a hard real-time system.
  • Experience and proficiency with Agile principles, processes and tools, Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE), DOORS requirements management, Cameo EA, and the like.
  • Proficiency with airworthiness certification criteria (e.g. MIL-HDBK-516C, RTCA DO-178C, DO-254) and nuclear surety standards/requirements (e.g. AFMAN 91-119).

What the JD emphasized

  • flight critical systems
  • flight control algorithms/feedback control systems
  • hard real-time system
  • airworthiness certification criteria
  • nuclear surety standards/requirements