Secret-Cleared GNC Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Secret-Cleared GNC Engineer in Chandler, AZ for a one-year contract role supporting Northrop Grumman.

The GNC Engineer will support guidance, navigation, and control system development for advanced aerospace applications, including aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and launch vehicles. This onsite role requires an existing U.S. government Secret or Top Secret clearance, C++, Python, Linux experience, and the ability to support simulation, software, flight code, and control system development.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of professional experience, or master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Existing U.S. government Secret or Top Secret clearance required.
• C++ experience.
• Python experience.
• Linux development experience.
• MATLAB experience.
• Ability to design, develop, implement, verify, and test software and simulation toolchains.
• Ability to support guidance, navigation, and control system development.
• Ability to support mathematical modeling, control theory, and algorithm development.
• Ability to analyze system behavior and support technical solution development.
• Ability to integrate hardware and software components.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Chandler, AZ.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 6DOF simulation experience.
• Aerodynamic modeling experience.
• Guidance systems experience.
• Extended Kalman Filter experience.
• LQR, PID, state estimation, or rigid body dynamics experience.
• Monte Carlo analysis experience.
• Trajectory optimization software or tools experience.
• Control systems theory and guidance law design experience.
• Jira experience.
• Agile development experience.
• Experience optimizing flight software or simulation software.
• Aerospace, missile, launch vehicle, spacecraft, or flight software experience.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and evaluate guidance, navigation, and control systems.
• Support aerospace applications involving aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, or launch vehicles.
• Design, develop, implement, verify, and test simulation and software toolchains.
• Work on 6-degree-of-freedom simulations to design and test flight code.
• Optimize flight software and simulation software.
• Use trajectory optimization software and tools.
• Apply mathematical models, control theories, and algorithms to improve navigation and control performance.
• Analyze system behavior and support design decisions.
• Integrate hardware and software components to support system reliability and mission success.

Work Schedule / Shift

• 9x80 A schedule.
• Full-time, 40 hours per week.
• 100% onsite role; telework is not available.

Pay

• $82.20/hour

Job ID: 1530

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.