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Senior Principal Engineer

2 months ago


Redondo Beach, California, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal or Senior Principal Engineer to join our team at Northrop Grumman. As a key member of our Vehicle Engineering organization, you will play a critical role in the research and development of flight control algorithms for manned and unmanned air vehicles.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) of autonomous unmanned aircraft.
  • Develop control laws to meet air vehicle performance, flying qualities, and stability margin requirements, both on ground and in flight.
  • Design outer loop control laws, and associated logic and autonomy 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 non-linear simulation and hardware-in-the-loop lab testing.
  • Support flight test activities and analyze air vehicle flight test data.
Requirements
  • Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 5 years of experience OR Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 3 years of experience OR PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 0 years of experience.
  • Senior Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation and Controls: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 9 years of experience OR Master's degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 7 years of experience OR PhD in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 4 years of experience.
  • Excellent communication, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
  • A current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
  • Working 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.
  • Working knowledge of autopilot functions.
  • Working knowledge of outer loop control law performance requirements.
  • Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.
  • Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems.
  • Experience designing autopilot functions.
  • Experience with logic, modes, and states for autonomous aircraft.
  • Familiarity with C/C++ programming.
  • Familiarity with Python programming.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with crewed/uncrewed teaming algorithms such as performing a Combat Air Patrol (CAP), formation flight, Hold patterns.
  • Experience with NURBS curve generation.
  • Familiar with in-flight routing behaviors for Sense and Avoid, and 4D keep out/keep in zones.
  • Familiar with autonomy algorithms (Autonomous Taxi/Take Off And Landing, etc.) for driving control laws.