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Guidance Navigation Control (GNC) Engineer – Level 2 TS Cleared (AHT)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Virginia-Dulles
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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 Guidance Navigation Control (GNC) Engineer – Level 2 supporting a team located in Dulles, VA or McLean, VA , 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 . This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. The GNC team designs, builds, and tests spacecraft subsystems for a mix of DoD, NASA, and commercial customers. We are leaders in innovative solutions to the rapidly growing/evolving fields of space based autonomous rendezvous and docking and rapid design/production of small satellites. Job Responsibilities : In this role you will: • Leading the procurement of GNC component hardware (Coarse Sun Sensor Assemblies, Star Tracker Assemblies, GPS Receivers, Inertial Reference Units / Inertial Measurement Units, Reaction Wheel Assemblies, Magno-Torquer Bars, etc.) as the cognizant engineer (CogE). • Leading domestic and international supplier meetings for the procurement and testing of GNC component hardware. • Provide general support, status tracking, and close action items for your assigned GNC component hardware for the entire lifecycle of the program and component. • Perform trade studies for GNC component hardware for proposal efforts. • Perform GNC component requirement reviews through compliance verification matrices with multiple different program subsystems (Mechanical, Propulsion, Electrical, Systems, etc.). • Design and procure GNC component hardware test equipment (EGSE / GSE). • Lead integration and testing of GNC hardware components with spacecraft. • Troubleshoot GNC Hardware anomalies using supplier Users Manuals and documentation. Communication is a key element of your role and all GNC engineers are expected to: • Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company process, and knowledge of vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, classical/modern control, and estimation theory to perform tasks to advanced program/project goals • Document, design, analysis, and test results as well as creating presentation materials • Present designs, analysis, and test results to internal and external customers • Work well within small- to medium-sized groups This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work . This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position is contingent upon the candidate verifying and/or obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Basic Qualifications: • Requires an acti