Sentinel (GBSD) – Principal Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer – Flight Test – 6855

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer to join the System Test Team. This position is located at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), CA and supports the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The successful candidate will support Flight and Ground Test system level testing as a Flight Test Campaign guidance and navigation installation, checkout, troubleshooting, and performance analysis Principal Engineer.  Responsibilities will include:

• Filtering for signal processing

• Interface with Kalman Filters to refine GPS processing

• Requirements analysis for development of analytical tools

• Generate verification & validation reports for algorithms/tools

• Telemetry mapping and requirements report drafting

• Telemetry processing conversion from binary to engineering units

• Flight test data analysis to include GPS signal processing and refinement, Best Estimate of Trajectory generation, and RV accuracy analysis

• Weapon system accuracy assessment

• Create technical reports and present technical information to peers / leadership

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 5 years of experience; 3 years with Master’s Degree; 0 years with PhD

• Experience with guidance and/or GPS data integration into flight tests.

• Work experience in one or more of the following languages: Python, MATLAB, C++, Fortran

• Work experience with GPS and communications signal processing

• Experience with launch and/or countdown console operations

• Active DoD Secret clearance awarded or reinvestigated within the last 6 years

• Must have the ability to obtain, and maintain access to Special Access Programs (SAP) as a condition of continued employment.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance granted or updated within last 6 years

• Extensive knowledge and experience modeling, simulating, and analyzing aerospace vehicles and subsystems.

• Experience in test case definition to validate requirements in nominal and stressing conditions.

• Knowledge of launch vehicle and/or strategic missile guidance, navigation, and control principles from guidance system turn-on, ground operations, through launch and payload insertion

• Extensive experience using Monte Carlo analysis techniques to determine vehicle performance under uncertainty

• Experience in error covariance analysis methods

• Experience and familiarity with high accuracy inertial measurement system modeling and analysis

• Experience and knowledge in principles of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)

• Master’s Degree in STEM discipline

• Experience working with ICBMs and in depth understanding of Vandenberg AFB Western Test Range, instrumentation, safety, and post-flight analysis.

• Work experience in ICBM flight dynamics, targeting, orbital mechanics, reentry dynamics

• Work experience in 6-Degrees of Freedom Simulations & Model Based System Engineering with an understanding of DoDAF and SysML

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Salary Range: $104,600 USD - $157,000 USD

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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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