Guidance Navigation Control Engineer - Level 4

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.
As a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer, you will provide technical analysis, design, and operations support to spacecraft and payload control systems as part of the Vehicle and Software Engineering team. Typical assignments involve requirements definition and flow-down, algorithm design, simulation development and maintenance, system performance analysis, software validation, and the development of operating procedures and tools to support systems operation.

Your Role and Impact:

Translate mission objectives and customer needs into clear GNC requirements.
Collaborate across functional teams to perform trade studies to choose GNC sensors, actuators, and algorithm architectures.
Develop and validate high-fidelity 3-DOF/6-DOF models and simulations of attitude, ephemeris, and line-of-sight dynamics.
Design, implement, and verify GNC algorithms, including trackers, filters, and controllers.
Build, test, and integrate software and simulation tools that enable reliable spacecraft GNC throughout flight operations.
Provide technical leadership of a small team of GNC engineers in support of a program, including decomposition and delegation of tasks.
Basic Qualifications:

8 years of relevant experience with Bachelors in Science; 6 years of relevant experience with Masters; 4 years of relevant experience with PhD
Ability and willingness to obtain DoD Top Secret clearance and SCI clearance
Experience using MATLAB/Simulink or C/C++ in the context of designing and implementing attitude-control or state-estimation algorithms
Experience performing actuator/sensor sizing and selection
Experience with modeling, simulation, and verification/validation of 3-DOF or 6-DOF GNC systems
Ability to perform complex kinematics, dynamics, and control system analyses for spacecraft GNC

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with early-stage spacecraft conceptual design, i.e. "clean sheet" design work
Experience with software and hardware-in-the-loop testing
Experience with satellite I&T and on-orbit operations
Ability to lead a small team of GNC engineers and collaborate with other subsystem engineers and program leadership
* Active TS/SCI clearance
Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Client-provided location(s): Redondo Beach, CA

Job ID: NorthropGrumman-R10228175

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-04-04T20:25:41