JOB DESCRIPTION:

Seeking 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS FOR GNC ENGINEER:

• 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 FOR GNC ENGINEER:

• Experience working on hypersonic missiles
• Experience with AEGIS weapon system
• Experience with IR discrimination and tracking
  Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

• 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.