DPP is seeking a Guidance Navigation Control Engineer III for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing industry.
Work Location: Onsite in Chandler, AZ Duration: 12 months Terms: W2 Contract Work Authorization: US Citizen; must hold an active/current Secret security clearance
Responsibilities:
Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms and software and simulation tools to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, submersibles, surface ships, missiles, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of launch, flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events.
Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality.
Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations to achieve a desired position, orientation or orbit in space.
Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control laws and hardware and software requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft.
Required Qualifications:
Experience designing, tuning, implementing, and testing guidance algorithms and autopilot parameters for guided missiles and/or interceptors.
Previous experience in designing, implementing, and testing missile autopilot systems. Including exposure to multiple control system schemes for guided missiles and linear stability analysis.
Strong understanding of missile control systems, including classical and modern control theory.
Proficiency in creating and maintaining analysis tools in C++, MATLAB and Python
Proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment
Proficiency in MATLAB and Python toolchains
Travel 10% of the time
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with GNC algorithms for hypersonic missiles.
Experience with AEGIS weapon system.
Experience with IR discrimination and tracking.
Familiarity with state estimation and state propagation techniques.
Interested? Learn more: Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01213). DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D
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Location
Chandler, AZ
Skills
Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
Algorithmsunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
C++ Programming Languageunmatched
Control Engineeringunmatched
Control Systemsunmatched
Data Processingunmatched
IR (Infrared)unmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
MATLABunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Process Analysisunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Secret Clearanceunmatched
Security Clearanceunmatched
Software Simulationunmatched
Stability Analysisunmatched
Testingunmatched
United States Citizenunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
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