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Job Title: Lead Guidance, Navigation, Control Engineer (Active Secret Clearance Required)
Job Code: 20185
Job Location: Plano, TX
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Using first-principles thinking, GNC engineers use a foundational understanding of physics combined with multi-disciplinary experience to develop and evaluate system capability to help steer a program's path forward. GNC Engineers are responsible for simulation and software development, implementation, testing, and analysis supporting a variety of vehicle types and configurations.
The Agile Development Group specializes in developing disruptive, next-generation technologies for advanced Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), advanced radar systems, next-generation weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies using small company agility and big company experience.
Essential Functions:
Qualifications:
Preferred Additional Skills:
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Job Code: 20185
Job Location: Plano, TX
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Using first-principles thinking, GNC engineers use a foundational understanding of physics combined with multi-disciplinary experience to develop and evaluate system capability to help steer a program's path forward. GNC Engineers are responsible for simulation and software development, implementation, testing, and analysis supporting a variety of vehicle types and configurations.
The Agile Development Group specializes in developing disruptive, next-generation technologies for advanced Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), advanced radar systems, next-generation weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies using small company agility and big company experience.
Essential Functions:
- Develop GNC Design Architectures and Technical Roadmaps supporting program execution
- Lead simulation/software development and manage team/task delegation based on capabilities, as well as, team growth
- Develop dynamic vehicle aerodynamic, propulsion, and hardware/sensor models
- Develop guidance algorithms to provide mission capability
- Design and tune controllers for vehicle stability/control and performance
- Integrate a suite of sensor feedback for Navigation and Track State Estimation development
- Lead root-cause failure identification and resolution studies
- Lead system performance, capabilities, and sensitivities using a variety of methods
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation) including the ability to translate technical vision, direction, tasking, and status to multi-disciplinary team
- Support Growth of GNC Functional Organization through mentoring and creation of process/technical resources
- Strategy and proposal support including technical scope, cost, and schedule
- Obtain and maintain DoD security clearances as required
- Lifting of up to 20 lbs
- Up to 10% travel may be required for field testing and/or multi-site support
- Other duties as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
- Active DoD secret security clearance
- Experience in multiple GNC disciplines (Guidance, Navigation, Control Theory, Track State Estimation, High-Fidelity Vehicle Modeling)
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and/or C/C++
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Bachelors degree in in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Mathematics
- Excellent problem solving and trade / parametric study execution
- Masters degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Mathematics and/or combined with equivalent experience
- Demonstrated Behavioral Competencies and Team Leadership
- Practical experience working with a variety of mission sensor types (RADAR, EO/IR, etc), modes, and stabilization
- Practical experience with a variety of vehicle sensor types (GPS, IMU, ADS, etc) and modes
- Familiarity with a variety of tracker types and kalman filtering
- Background in physics/rigid body dynamics
- Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
- Positive Attitude, Mentoring, Emotional Intelligence, Teaming, Delegation
- Excellent people skills to include collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment
- Outstanding work ethic and commitment to organizational success
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
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