Staff Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding.  Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
 

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Staff Guidance, Navigation & Controls Engineer (Level 5) to join our diverse Vehicle Engineering team in Melbourne, FL.

As the GNC Engineer you will lead system‑engineering activities, including requirement decomposition, verification, and validation of GNC capabilities within the Vehicle Management System. You will apply agile practices (user stories, scrums) to plan and deliver GNC subsystem features across the full lifecycle, from CONOPS through requirements development, test, and verification. You will ensure the quality of GNC‑team deliverables, define and execute processes for GNC software and subsystem‑level testing, and serve as the subject‑matter expert for integrated GNC products built in a Simulink model‑based design environment

Key Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the Guidance, Navigation, and Control system engineering requirement maturation
• Lead the integration of autopilot and auto throttle capabilities into the Vehicle Management System
• Lead subsystem level certification activities

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 12 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related professional/military experience.
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

• Demonstrated experience with aircraft flight dynamics and/or flight control systems. 

• Professional experience with aircraft guidance, navigation, and/or flight management systems. 

• Demonstrated experience in system‑engineering requirement definition, verification, and validation

• Demonstrated experience in system test program execution. (I.e. developing test procedures, implementing technical edits and test cases, etc.)

• Demonstrated experience with MATLAB and Simulink for data processing, analysis, visualization, and/or dynamic‑system modeling

• Experience using model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Flight Management Systems, including RNAV

• Experience with fixed‑wing aircraft dynamics and fly‑by‑wire control systems

• Experience analyzing non‑linear closed‑loop aircraft simulations

• Familiarity with C/C++ and Python programming

• Experience developing and integrating autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems
• Experience using CAMEO to create system requirement models
• Experience using System Composer to create software architecture
• Experience with MIL-STD-1797B
• Experience with AS94900 or MIL-STD-9490
• Experience with DO-178C
• Experience for Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

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Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00

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.

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.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.