Boeing
Defense, Space & Security
NavigationEngineer
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“Navigation Engineer at Boeing. Skills: Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineering, modeling and simulation, software development, Position Navigation and Timing (PNT). Support development of cutting-edge models, simulation tools, and navigation strategies for systems using sensor aided navigation techniques for a variety of applications in undersea environments. Evaluate system level requirements and establish navigation system design requirements to support design realization”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver best solutions for today's complex undersea engineering challenges; increase navigation performance; decrease cost; ensure compliance to requirements; optimize performance, cost, or other attributes
Industry & Context.
Analyze system and component test results and identify trade opportunities to optimize performance, cost, or other attributes
active Top Secret U. S. Security Clearance (U. S. Citizenship Required), willingness to travel 10% of the time domestically and internationally, U. S. Person as defined by 22 C. F. R. §120.62 is required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Ability and willingness to upgrade to active TS/SCI US Security Clearance, or Tier 5 (T5), formerly known as a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI), Experience in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineering, Experience developing or using modeling and simulation tools such as Python or MATLAB / Simulink, Experience in software development and programming, Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
Nice to Have
Current Tier 5 (T5), formerly known as a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) (U. S. Citizenship required) or agreement to enter a Continuous Evaluation program, Active CI polygraph, 1+ years of experience with Position Navigation and Timing efforts, Programming skills in languages such as C / C ++ with a foundation in software development practices, Experience in implementing algorithms in real time systems, Knowledge of estimation theory, optimal estimation (e. g. Kalman filtering), Knowledge of sensor aided navigation or inertial navigation, Knowledge of advanced mathematical principles as applied to aerospace analysis and modeling such as transform methods, computational geometry, numerical linear algebra, optimization, computational math, numerical analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation, Understanding and experience with middleware, Experience in an Agile work environment
What You'll Do.
Support development of cutting-edge models
and navigation strategies for systems using sensor aided navigation techniques for a variety of applications in undersea environments
Evaluate system level requirements and establish navigation system design requirements to support design realization
Interact with some of the world’s top navigation equipment suppliers
and civilian experts while participating in team efforts to design products and review and analyze data to ensure compliance to requirements
Support developing and analyzing navigation system mechanizations
error and performance models
and component error budgets
Collect and review data from hardware-in-the-loop and system and component tests to measure and validate navigation performance against design requirements
Support candidate sensor system evaluation to increase navigation performance
and ensure compliance to requirements
Analyze system and component test results and identify trade opportunities to optimize performance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
participating in team efforts to design products; review and analyze data to ensure compliance to requirements
Full Job Description
Navigation Engineer **Company:** The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Electronic & Intelligence Systems (E&IS) seeks a **Navigation Engineer** to deliver best solutions for today's complex undersea engineering challenges. Products range from Autonomous **Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles** (**XLUUV** s) to unique Integrated underwater solutions. We work for a variety of customers and on a variety of precision **Position Navigation and Timing**(**PNT**) development efforts. **Position Responsibilities** : * Support development of cutting-edge models, simulation tools, and navigation strategies for systems using sensor aided navigation techniques for a variety of applications in undersea environments. * Evaluate system level requirements and establish navigation system design requirements to support design realization. * Interact with some of the world’s top navigation equipment suppliers, military experts, and civilian experts while participating in team efforts to design products and review and analyze data to ensure compliance to requirements. * Support developing and analyzing navigation system mechanizations, error and performance models, and component error budgets. * Collect and review data from hardware-in-the-loop and system and component tests to measure and validate navigation performance against design requirements. * Support candidate sensor system evaluation to increase navigation performance, decrease cost, and ensure compliance to requirements. * Analyze system and component test results and identify trade opportunities to optimize performance, cost, or other attributes. To meet security standards and protocols, all work is performed onsite in Herndon, VA. This position requires an **active Top Secret** U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.) This position is contingent on clearance verification and customer concurrence.
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