Boeing
Aerospace
SeniorGuidanceNavigation&Control(GNC)Engineer
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“Senior Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer at Boeing. Skills: Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), Flight path definition, Mission planning, Inner loop flight controls, Air data processing, Subsystem control, Redundancy and contingency management. Define Guidance, Navigation, and Control mission requirements and ensure requirement quality, traceability, and verification at the system and down to the component level. Lead design reviews, analyses, simulations and component/system tes”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations
Industry & Context.
Advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine control law design
Must meet export control compliance requirements., U. S. Person as defined by 22 C. F. R. §120. 62 is required., Relocation based on candidate eligibility., Successful candidates must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process., Post offer applicants and employees are subject to drug and alcohol testing when criteria is met.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement, 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience, 5 or more years' related work experience with Guidance, Navigation, and Control engineering, Experience or familiarity with Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) or other PID control design, Experience using Matlab/Simulink or MatrixX/Systembuild to model and simulate complex aerospace systems, U. S. Person as defined by 22 C. F. R. §120. 15 is required.
Nice to Have
Computer Science Minor, Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship as a condition of employment., An interim and/or final U. S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
What You'll Do.
and Control mission requirements and ensure requirement quality
and verification at the system and down to the component level
simulations and component/system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations
Use multidisciplinary model data (aero
etc.) to develop and refine a complex
6 degrees of freedom simulation model
Use various software languages
and test vehicle models
Design guidance and flight control laws using modern linear control design techniques and tools to achieve design and performance targets
Use advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine the control law design
Perform model validation against test data to inform and improve the accuracy of the simulation environment
Develop supplementary controllers
redundancy management
and signal shaping to properly bound the performance within all areas of the flight envelope
Work with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) software engineers to incorporate control laws into the operational flight program
and maintain Air Data sensor processing
Computational Fluid Dynamics based source error correction
and redundancy management
Lead or participate in DO-178B/C related software verification activities.
Lead or coordinate autonomous air vehicle contingency management strategy across diverse
multidisciplined teams and manage software implementation.
Support flight simulations including desktop
and real time simulations
Support hardware in the loop development and testing
Support flight testing planning and execution
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with flight simulation and Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) software engineers; Coordinate autonomous air vehicle contingency management strategy across diverse, multidisciplined teams
Full Job Description
Senior Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer **Company:** The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a **Senior Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer** to join our **MQ-25 Flight Engineering** team in **Hazelwood, MO.** This role will support the unmanned aircraft’s new product design, development, integration, and flight test with opportunities to lead in areas of flight path definition, mission planning, inner loop flight controls, air data processing, subsystem control, or redundancy and contingency management. Join us and be a part of the world’s first team to productionize the first unmanned, carrier-based aircraft, where you can build something better for yourself, for our customers, and for the world. **Position Responsibilities:** Responsibilities will be based on the final candidate selected but can be one or many of the following: * Define Guidance, Navigation, and Control mission requirements and ensure requirement quality, traceability, and verification at the system and down to the component level * Lead design reviews, analyses, simulations and component/system testing to ensure delivery of products that meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations * Use multidisciplinary model data (aero, mass properties, propulsion, etc.) to develop and refine a complex, nonlinear, 6 degrees of freedom simulation model * Use various software languages, C, C++, FORTRAN, Python, etc. to develop, implement, integrate, and test vehicle models, controllers, and resulting SW * Design guidance and flight control laws using modern linear control design techniques and tools to achieve design and performance targets * Use advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine the control law design * Perform model validation against test data to inform and improve the accuracy of the simulation environment * Develop supplementary controllers, limiters, mode logic, redundancy management, and signal shaping to prope
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