Staff Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer
Requisition ID: R10169885
Category: Engineering
Location: Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
Clearance Type: Secret
Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Positions Available: 1
This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is hiring a Staff Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer to join our Vehicle Engineering team of qualified, diverse individuals in Melbourne, Florida. This position is fully onsite with no remote work available.
Responsibilities may include
- Lead the Guidance, Navigation, and Control system engineering requirement maturation
- Lead the integration of autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into the Vehicle Management System
- Lead subsystem level certification activities
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 12 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a STEM discipline and 10 years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft dynamics
- Knowledge of fly-by-wire control systems
- Experience in system engineering requirement definition, verification, and validation
- Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop responses
- Experience creating certification test procedures and test cases
- Working knowledge of autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems
- Working knowledge of Flight Management Systems, including RNAV
- Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.
- Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems.
- Experience using Model Based System Engineering tools
- Familiarity with programming (C/C++, Python)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing and integrating autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems
- Experience with Flight Management Systems, including RNAV
- 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)
Employees may be eligible for 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.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.
What's great about
Northrop Grumman
- Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.
- Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
- Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance and paid time off.
Did you know?
Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. Launched in December 2021, the telescope incorporates innovative design, advanced technology, and groundbreaking engineering, and will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe.