Job Description Summary
Innoveering is a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aerospace. With this acquisition GE has expanded its mission to include hypersonics and high-speed flight. Innoveering is focused on developing those hypersonic propulsion systems, flight experiments, and futuristic vehicle designs. With your expertise we can push our leading-edge technology into the leap-ahead aviation concepts of tomorrow.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Gathers, defines, and documents system level requirements to support flight control and mission or trajectory definition
- Develops control laws to meet vehicle performance and stability margin requirements
- Implements control laws through embedded software development for test and evaluation
- Analyzes test data to determine how to improve control and accuracy
- Creates and manages Matlab Simulink Guidance, Navigation, and Control algorithms and 6-Degree-of-Freedom (6Dof) simulations for the purpose of flight vehicle development
- Uses software tools to predict stability and control, control authority, flight envelopes, saturation points, flutter, and accuracy
- Supports other disciplines in modeling critical mode transitions such as platform separation, stage separation, and shroud removal
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Basic Qualifications:
- 5 years industry experience in GNC
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD from an accredited course of study in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- Experienced in linear and non-linear system modelling and analysis using Matlab Simulink or equivalent
- Experienced in using linear control principles to design feedback control systems
- Experienced in feedback control systems robustness analysis including Monte-Carlo simulation and linear margin analysis
- Knowledgeable in aircraft/missile flight dynamics
- Familiar with software version control best practices
- Ability to attain a SECRET clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- 8 Years with Bachelor's in Science; 6 Years with Master's, 5 Years with PhD
- Active Top Secret Clearance
- Experienced in non-linear control methods including adaptive control
- Experienced in software verification and validation including software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
- Experienced in state estimation and sensor fusion using extended Kalman filters (EKFs)
- Familiar with flight vehicle design concepts
- Familiar with compressible flow concepts for internal and external flows
- The ability to lead a team of GNC engineers
- Experience with Department of Defense programs
- Ability to collaborate in a team environment
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
The base pay range for this position is $109,000 to $181,600. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on May 17th, 2024.
Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No