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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. Northrop Grumman is currently seeking an experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer to provide support to our Armament Systems Business Unit team in our Plymouth, MN offices. Duties and Responsibilities Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, submersibles, surface ships, missiles, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of launch, flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events. Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality. Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space. Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft. Please note this position may be filled as a Principal salary grade, or Sr Principal salary grade GNC Engineer depending on the candidate’s education and/or years of experience. Basic Qualifications: Qualifications for Principal GNC Engineer Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering or a closely related field plus 5 years of relevant experience. Or, Master of Science degree in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 3 years of relevant experience. Or, Ph.D. in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 1 year of relevant experience. Qualifications for Sr Principal GNC Engineer Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering or a closely related field plus 8 years of relevant experience. Or, Master of Science degree in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 6 years of relevant experience. Or, Ph.D. in engineering discipline or closely related field of study plus 4 years of relevant experience. U.S. Citizenship Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance. Experience in model development, requirements definition, GNC algorithm analysis and synthesis and familiarity with both modern and classical control design techniques. Minimum years’ experience depends on education level Specific Technical Skills: Using first principles to develop math models of physical systems Classical methods for analysis and synthesis of control algorithms Modern (state space) methods for analysis and synthesis of control algorithms Optimal control techniques Working experience with guidance algorithms Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink software tools and related toolboxes Implementation of control/navigation algorithms in a real hardware application system Test performance predictions and test data reconciliation Model reduction techniques Hardware, field test and Defense/Aerospace domain experience is a plus.
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