
GNC Engineer OR Principal GNC Engineer
Required skills
- Secret clearance
- Special Program Access
- STEM degree
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Guidance Navigation Control (GNC) Engineer or Principal GNC Engineer for their El Segundo, CA location. This role involves designing, developing, implementing, verifying, and testing GNC algorithms and software, as well as control laws and hardware/software requirements for aircraft. The position requires a STEM degree with relevant engineering experience and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance and Special Program Access. The role can be filled at either the GNC Engineer level (2+ years experience) or Principal GNC Engineer level (5+ years experience).
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.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has opportunities for Guidance Navigation Control Engineer OR Principal Guidance Navigation Control Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, CA!
Duties Include:
- Designs, develops, implements, verifies, and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft
- Statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality.
- Formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation, or orbit.
- Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft.
This position may be filled at the GNC Engineer level or the Principal GNC level, depending upon the qualifications below.
Basic Qualifications for GNC Engineer:
- Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline with 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master of Science degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 0 years of related engineering experience.
- Ability to obtain a US Government Secret clearance
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP). This SAP must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
Basic Qualifications for Principal GNC Engineer:
- Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master of Science degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline with 1 year of related engineering experience.
- Ability to obtain a US Government Secret clearance
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP). This SAP must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
Preferred Qualifications for both levels:
- Active US Government Secret clearance
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
- 1
Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
technicalmedium - 2
Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
technicalmedium - 3
Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
system designmedium - 4
Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
system designmedium - 5
What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
technicalmedium
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