Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer

Eligibility

• US CITIZENS ONLY. MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A SECRET CLEARANCE.

Salary

• $185,000 – 200,000 Dependent Upon Experience

Required Qualifications

• MATLAB and SIMULINK

About

Our client offers professional expertise for Commercial Aerospace customers and is a team-oriented aerospace engineering firm dedicated to providing world class aerospace and aeronautical engineering talent with unparalleled customer focus. Their employees work together as “one team” and are committed to delivering high-quality and creative engineering solutions to their customers in the aerospace and federal government arenas. They are seeking a Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer to support flight control system design, development, test, and field deployment using disciplined, requirements driven engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert controls advice and support during the entire flight controls life cycle of design, development, test, and field deployment.
• Possess knowledge of various engineering disciplines such as electrical, mechanical, and systems and the ability to communicate with technical personnel from multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting flight control system design, development, test, and field deployment.
• Communicate effectively and brief customer senior Engineers and Managers.
• Working with program requirements and deriving component performance specifications.
• Authoring and maintaining project documentation.
• Supporting design reviews (i.e. test readiness, peer review, and CDR).
• Presenting status, issues, and risk to management.

Qualifications

• Required: MATLAB and SIMULINK
• Must have a deep understanding of control theory and be able to code it.
• C++ is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering, or closely related field with 6 to 10+ years of related experience in controls.
• Experience with supporting flight control system design, development, test, and field deployment using disciplined, requirements driven engineering processes.
• Experience troubleshooting complex systems issues, recommending solutions to the team and management, and implementing recovery.
• Experience with unmanned air vehicle systems and flight controls
• Able to apply control loop design and performance analysis techniques from classical to current control theory
• Able to develop physics-based models of aerospace control system components
• Capable of compiling and analyzing ground and flight test data and app

Benefits

• Health Insurance & HSA
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Flexible Spending Plan
• Short- & Long-Term Disability Plan
• Honor current status of vacation time
• Performance Bonuses Available