GNC Engineer 15032

Job Title: GNC Engineer 15032

Job Location: Arizona 85286

Onsite Requirements:

• Guidance and Navigation Systems
• Matlab
• Python

Job Description:

• Looking for an Engineer/Principal GNC Engineer that will design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains.
• The candidate will be working on a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation to design and test missile flight code.
• The applicant will be creating and implementing 6DoF simulation models to evaluate system performance.
• The candidate should have extensive experience with missile flight dynamics, autopilot and guidance design and implementation into the missile flight code.
• The candidate should have experience with various trajectory optimization software and tools.

Responsibilities:

• Work in multi-disciplinary teams to develop, verify, and validate a complex 6-degree of freedom missile flight simulator.
• Design and implement guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) algorithms.
• Create and/or maintain Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents.
• Review GNC workshare requirements, model hardware, and attend weekly / monthly international partner program meetings.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 1 year of experience, or a PhD and 0 years of experience.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Experience with Autopilot design for guided missiles.
• 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.
• Experience with high fidelity 6DoF simulation for guided missiles.
• Experience working with missile guidance and autopilot algorithms.
• Travel 10% of the time.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on hypersonic missiles.
• Experience with AEGIS weapon system.
• Experience with IR discrimination and tracking.

• **Due to the nature of the work, a United States Government Clearance is required to be eligible for the position**