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NG Fellow 1 - Hypersonic Autopilot and Guidance

Northrop GrummanChandler, AZFull-time

This position sits within Northrop Grumman Space Systems and advises major hypersonic weapon programs and captures on integrated guidance, control, and flight-dynamics solutions. The Fellow will establish technical roadmaps, lead engineering trade studies, and connect trajectory design, engagement analysis, guidance laws, autopilot behavior, and deterministic embedded software implementation. Success requires influencing multidisciplinary teams, mentoring senior technical personnel, and communicating recommendations to executives, chief engineers, program leaders, and customers. The work spans the full development lifecycle, including requirements, design, integration, verification, testing, and fielding support. It is best suited to an accomplished aerospace or defense engineer with extensive hypersonic, missile, interceptor, or related GNC experience and an active Secret clearance.

Requirements

Relevant STEM bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree with 18–20 years of applicable experienceActive U.S. Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCIExtensive GNC, autopilot, flight-dynamics, guidance, or mission-analysis experience for hypersonic or related aerospace systemsExperience converting advanced guidance and control methods into deterministic embedded or real-time softwareBackground in systems engineering, integration, verification, testing, and fielding of complex defense systemsAbility to lead technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and support captures and portfolio growth
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