Principal / Sr. Principal GNC Autopilot / Guidance Engineer

Autopilot / Guidance Engineer

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The Principal Engineer / Sr. Principal Engineer 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 a strong background in autopilot design/development and be able to mentor early career engineers.

This position may be offered at the Principal Engineer GNC Level 3 or Sr. Principal Engineer GNC Level 4.

Principal Engineer GNC Level 3 - 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience designing, tuning, implementing, and testing guidance algorithms and autopilot parameters for guided missiles and/or interceptors.
• Previous experience in designing, implementing, and testing missile autopilot systems. Including exposure to multiple control system schemes for guided missiles and linear stability analysis.
• Strong understanding of missile control systems, including classical and modern control theory.
• 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
• Must have current and active Secret Clearance at time of application
• Travel 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with GNC algorithms for hypersonic missiles
• Experience with AEGIS weapon system
• Experience with IR discrimination and tracking
• Familiarity with state estimation and state propagation techniques

Sr. Principal Engineer GNC Level 4. 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience designing, tuning, implementing, and testing guidance algorithms and autopilot parameters for guided missiles and/or interceptors.
• Previous experience in designing, implementing, and testing missile autopilot systems. Including exposure to multiple control system schemes for guided missiles and linear stability analysis.
• Strong understanding of missile control systems, including classical and modern control theory.
• 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
• Must have current and active Secret Clearance at time of application
• Travel 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with GNC algorithms for hypersonic missiles
• Experience with AEGIS weapon system
• Experience with IR discrimination and tracking
• Familiarity with state estimation and state propagation techniques