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Principal Engineer Guidance Navigation Control
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Utah-Salt Lake City
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes 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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principle Guidance Navigation Control Engineer for the Navigation/Inertial measurement system (NIMS) for the Sentinel (GBSD) program located in Salt Lake City, Utah . Sentinel is a cutting-edge national security program that delivers resilient, next-generation capabilities to protect our nation’s most critical missions against evolving threats What You'll Get to Do: • Manufacturing Test Procedure (MTP) and Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) ownership for both top system level and subsystem configured items (CI). • Collaborate in the development and maintenance of system and subsystem acceptance test specification (ATS). • Ensures system performance requirements are achieved through test processes. • Performs data analysis of test results and develops test reports accounting for pass/fail criteria. • Trains and supports test technicians. • Coordinates the development of factory test equipment and factory test equipment software. • Coordinates the development of factory test tooling and develop test flows. • Participates in failure review boards (FRB) and closed loop failure reporting and corrective actions (FRACAS). • Effectively works in a technical team environment characterized by frequently changing tasks, shifting priorities and quick responses. • Reviews and evaluates engineering changes ensuring proper incorporation into system test requirements. • Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of the system. • Works with original equipment manufacturers of test equipment for the procurement of test equipment as well as the maintenance and/or trouble shooting of issues. The Ideal Candidate will be detail oriented, function as a self-starter, have excellent written and oral communication skills to create clear and understandable test procedures for operators, and will have the ability to work in a development program with constant change and evolving requirements. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelors degree in STEM related field with 5 years of experience; Masters degree in STEM related field with 3 years of experience; PhD in STEM related field with 1 year of experience. • Demonstrated ability to understand engineering drawings, process specifications, part lists and technical documents. • Experience with Manufacturing Test Procedure (MTP) and Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) ownership for deliverable system. • Experience developing/implementing test processes to ensure system performance requirements are achieved. • Experience collaborating with Test Equipment Engineers in the development of factory test equipment and factory test equipment software. • Experience collaborating in the development and maintenance of system and subsyst