US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SAP

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

**Description**

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our worlds biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a **GNC Engineer / Principal GNC Engineer** to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Position is located in **Melbourne, Florida.**

Design, develop, implement, verify and test algorithms, software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control (GNC) of manned aircraft. Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities and stability margin requirements, both on ground and in flight. Design pilot relief autopilot and associated logic functions. Develop air vehicle system linear and non-linear dynamic simulation models and integrate models into software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments. Perform performance and flying qualities analysis. Support pilot-in-the-loop simulation handling qualities testing. Analyze air vehicle flight test data and support flight test activities. Develop subsystem and software level requirements for flight critical software. Perform low level unit software verification testing. Perform subsystem requirement verification activities in a hardware-in-the-loop simulation environment.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

**Basic** **Qualifications:**

+ The basic qualifications for a GNC Engineer are a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 2 years of experience, or a Masters degree in STEM
+ The basic qualifications for a Principal GNC Engineer are a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 5 years experience, Masters Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 3 years' experience
+ Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft flight dynamics
+ Experience using linear control principles and tools to design feedback control systems
+ Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop dynamics
+ Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
+ Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
+ Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

**Preferred** **Qualifications:**
Experience designing control laws for piloted fixed wing aircraft, performing handling qualities analyses, and pilot-in-loop evaluations
Working knowledge of MIL-STD-1797 flying qualities requirements
Experience using Simulink to model dynamical systems

Experience using Simulink Test to verify low level software requirements

Experience using DOORS to document and trace requirements

Experience creating and executing requirement verification test procedures

C/C++ Programming Skills
Python Programming Skills

Salary Range: $71,100.00 - $106,700.00Salary Range 2: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00

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/ .

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 most positions.