Senior Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer

Englewood, CO

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30+ days ago

Job Description

DPP is seeking a Senior Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace and Defense industry.

Work Location: Onsite in Englewood, CO
Duration: 12 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Work Authorization: US Citizen; must be able to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance

Responsibilities:

As a Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer, you will be using your skills and expertise to design and test algorithms, flight software, related hardware, design tools, simulations, and more for various aerospace vehicles.
These cover a very wide range of advanced mission payloads and electronic systems through highly integrated aircraft platforms.
You'll explore complex GN&C algorithms and systems to assess performance of vehicle flight qualities and capabilities.
Your technical duties involve design, development, evaluation, and test of new products and processes throughout the product lifecycle.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering or other related discipline and typically 10 or more years of experience.
Thorough understanding of engineering principles and practices.
Advanced experience with Computer Aided Engineering tools, analysis and simulation.
Ability to work in multi-disciplinary design and development teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with system modeling tools, such as MATLAB/Simulink, or C++.
Experience with related aerospace vehicles, sensors suites, and missions.
Experience with Guidance and/or Navigation algorithm development.
Exposure to vehicle stability principles, Monte Carlo and trajectory analysis.
Knowledge of industry standard aerospace principles, to include, but not limited to parametric design, model-based definition, fundamentals of flight dynamics.
History of leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of highly integrated trade studies and analysis of alternatives.
Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry.

Physical/Mental/Emotional Requirements:

Frequently walk, sit, stand, climb stairs and steps.
Frequently repeat same hand, arm, and finger motion many times to include finger and hand dexterity.
Rarely lifting or carrying up to 25 lbs.

Working Conditions:

Rarely exposed to outdoor elements (high/low temperatures, sun, rain/snow, etc.).
Rarely exposed to fumes or hazardous chemicals/materials.
Rarely exposed to loud noises.

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01186).
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

Numbers & Facts

Location

Englewood, CO

Skills

Aerospace Engineeringunmatched
Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
Algorithmsunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
C++ Programming Languageunmatched
Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)unmatched
Computer Skillsunmatched
Control Engineeringunmatched
Hardware Design and Simulation Softwareunmatched
Hazardous Materials/Substancesunmatched
Industry Standardsunmatched
Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
Lift/Move 25 Poundsunmatched
MATLABunmatched
Manual Dexterityunmatched
Monte Carlo Methodunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Product Lifecycleunmatched
Product Testingunmatched
Secret Clearanceunmatched
Security Clearanceunmatched
Simulationunmatched
Systems Analysisunmatched
Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
Test Designunmatched
Testingunmatched
Trade Studiesunmatched
United States Citizenunmatched
Wheel/Front-End Loaderunmatched

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