Principal / Senior Principal Navigation Systems Engineer

About the role

This role involves analysis of navigation performance in laboratory and flight test scenarios, communication of status, issues, and results with program management and customers, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to develop advanced navigation and timing technologies.

Responsibilities

• Analysis of navigation performance in laboratory and flight test scenarios
• Communication of status, issues, and results with program management and customers
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to develop advanced navigation and timing technologies
• Work in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to develop advanced navigation and timing technologies
• Present ideas to internal and external groups and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM discipline with 5 years of Engineering experience; Masters in STEM discipline with 3 years of Engineering experience; PhD in STEM discipline with 1 years of Engineering experience
• Experience implementing Sensor Fusion for Navigation Systems using IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), GPS, barometers, and other sensors
• Experience implementing advanced state-estimation algorithms such as Extended Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering, Particle Filtering for position, velocity, and attitude determination
• Experience with noise modeling and covariance tuning
• Experience analyzing data from Inertial Navigation Systems. Hands on experience working with sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, and barometers for navigation
• Experience implementing multi-sensor synchronization and calibration

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM discipline with 5 years of Engineering experience; Masters in STEM discipline with 3 years of Engineering experience; PhD in STEM discipline with 1 years of Engineering experience
• Experience implementing Sensor Fusion for Navigation Systems using IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), GPS, barometers, and other sensors
• Experience implementing advanced state-estimation algorithms such as Extended Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering, Particle Filtering for position, velocity, and attitude determination
• Experience with noise modeling and covariance tuning
• Experience analyzing data from Inertial Navigation Systems. Hands on experience working with sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, and barometers for navigation
• Experience implementing multi-sensor synchronization and calibration

Skills

• Algorithm development for satellite acquisition, tracking, and receiver measurement formation
• Familiarity with military navigation modernization, particularly M-code signal processing and capabilities
• Familiarity with Timing and Distributed Clock Algorithms
• Familiarity with inertial navigation systems (INS) mechanizations
• Combining data from IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), GPS, barometers, and other sensors
• Understanding multi-sensor synchronization and calibration
• Familiarity with design of tracking loops, including characterization of platform dynamics, environmental/interference effects
• Understanding accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and their role in navigation

Benefits

Northrop Grumman is committed to providing benefits that support the health, wellness, and financial security of our employees and their families. These benefits include:

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Pay

The primary level salary range for this role is $114,000.00 - $171,000.00, with a secondary level salary range of $142,200.00 - $213,400.00. Overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus may also be available.

Schedule

The role requires travel up to 10% of the time.