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Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer - Level 3 (Chandler)

Lensa
Chandler, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 12/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/16/2026
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman's Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a GNC Engineer - Level 3 located in Chandler, AZ , you'll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

Designs, develops, tests, and verifies algorithms, software, and simulation tools for the guidance, navigation, and control of various vehicles, including aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, launch vehicles, and surface ships, during all phases of flight and mission operations. Navigation functions include statistical processing of measured data and integrating those into physical simulations. Guidance functions involve creating equations to achieve precise positions, orientations, or orbits in space. Control design includes developing control laws and defining hardware and software requirements.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept

  • Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains
  • Work on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code
  • Work with 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance
  • Be experienced with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design, and implementation into missile flight code
  • Be experienced with various trajectory optimization software and tools
  • Other duties as assigned

If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience - OR - Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 1 year of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree.
  • Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application
  • Experience working with missile guidance and control algorithms
  • Experience with missile simulation and flight dynamics

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with IR discrimination and tracking
  • Experience designing, tuning, implementing, and testing guidance algorithms and autopilot parameters for guided missiles and/or interceptors.
  • Control systems theory and flight dynamics proficiency
  • Proficiency in creating and maintaining analysis tools in C , MATLAB and Python
  • Proficiency in C development in a Linux environment
  • Proficiency in MATLAB and Python toolchains
  • Existing active and in scope Top Secret clearance upon application

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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Salary : $95,300 - $142,900

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