Boeing

Aerospace

SeniorGuidanceNavigation&Control(GNC)Engineer

$143–193k Hazelwood, Missouri, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

Aerospace
Problems you'll solve

Advanced nonlinear analysis to assess and refine control law design

Eligibility Requirements

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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