Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer (Senior, Level III) - Secret

About the role

As a GNC Sr Engineer, you will join the GN&C team on the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program. In this role, you will apply missile guidance, navigation, and control expertise to modeling and simulation, integrate Matlab/Simulink models into a 6-DOF C++ simulation, develop high fidelity models and simulation software, build new source code in C++ and Python, modify code in C++, C, Matlab, Simulink, Fortran, Python, Linux shell, and YAML, execute simulation software on a high performance computing cluster including Linux systems or VMs, work in an Agile DevOps environment with Docker/Container and Kubernetes deployment, collaborate with the performance analysts, Flight Software team, and customer, and develop new algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Apply missile guidance, navigation, and control expertise to modeling and simulation
• Integrate Matlab/Simulink models into a 6-DOF C++ simulation
• Develop high fidelity models and simulation software
• Build new source code in C++ and Python
• Modify code in C++, C, Matlab, Simulink, Fortran, Python, Linux shell, and YAML
• Create unit tests
• Execute simulation software on a high performance computing cluster including Linux systems or VMs
• Work in an Agile DevOps environment with Docker/Container and Kubernetes deployment
• Collaborate with the performance analysts, Flight Software team, and customer
• Develop new algorithms

Requirements

• Broad technical skills such as rigid body dynamics, control theory, and/or computer programming
• Proven experience using MATLAB and/or Simulink for simulation and analysis of feedback control systems, closed loop guidance, or navigation algorithms
• C/C++ programming experience
• Demonstrate strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra, matrix math, statistics, trigonometry, and/or coordinate transformation
• Ability to clearly document analysis results in presentation slides and engineering memos
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• At least 3+ years of related experience
• May have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline, such as Aerospace Engineering or other related field

Desired Skills

• Experience with simulations and physics-based modeling
• Experience with state estimation and navigation algorithms, including Extended Kalman Filters
• Experience with kinematics using Euler Angles and Quaternions
• Familiarity or experience with missile defense systems or fire control
• Experience with C++ development and Gitlab
• Experience with FORTRAN and 6DOF simulations
• Familiarity with model based software development using Simulink (autocoding)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability as a team player to build consensus among peers and build effective relationships with team members
• Demonstrated communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to peers, management, subcontractors and customers
• Familiarity with agile software development
• Distributed/parallel processing

Skills

• Experience with simulations and physics-based modeling
• Experience with state estimation and navigation algorithms, including Extended Kalman Filters
• Experience with kinematics using Euler Angles and Quaternions
• Familiarity or experience with missile defense systems or fire control
• Experience with C++ development and Gitlab
• Experience with FORTRAN and 6DOF simulations
• Familiarity with model based software development using Simulink (autocoding)

Benefits

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Full-time