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Senior Principal Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer

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Job Description - Senior Principal Guidance Navigation and Controls Engineer

Lead the Guidance, Navigation, and Control system engineering requirement maturation Lead the integration of autopilot and auto throttle capabilities into the Vehicle Management System Lead subsystem level certification activities Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a STEM discipline and 6 years of relevant experience Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company. Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft dynamics Knowledge of fly-by-wire control systems Experience in system engineering requirement definition, verification, and validation Experience analyzing non-linear simulations of aircraft closed-loop responses Experience creating certification test procedures and test cases Working knowledge of autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems Working knowledge of Flight Management Systems, including RNAV Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data. Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems. Experience using Model Based System Engineering tools Familiarity with programming (C/C++, Python) Experience developing and integrating autopilot and autothrottle capabilities into Vehicle Management Systems Experience with Flight Management Systems, including RNAV Experience using CAMEO to create system requirement models Experience using System Composer to create software architecture Experience with MIL-STD-1797B Experience with AS94900 or MIL-STD-9490 Experience with DO-178C Experience for Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
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