Job Title: Lead Guidance, Navigation, Control Engineer-Active Secret Clearance Required

Job Code: 8403

Job Location: Plano, Texas

Job Description:

Using first-principles thinking, GNC engineers use a foundational understanding of physics combined with multi-disciplinary experience to develop and evaluate system capability to help steer a program’s path forward. GNC Engineers are responsible for simulation and software development, implementation, testing, and analysis supporting a variety of vehicle types and configurations.

The Agile Development Group specializes in developing disruptive, next-generation technologies for advanced Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), advanced radar systems, next-generation weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies using small company agility and big company experience.

Essential Functions:

• Develop GNC Design Architectures and Technical Roadmaps supporting program execution

• Lead simulation/software development and manage team/task delegation based on capabilities, as well as, team growth

• Develop dynamic vehicle aerodynamic, propulsion, and hardware/sensor models

• Develop guidance algorithms to provide mission capability

• Design and tune controllers for vehicle stability/control and performance

• Integrate a suite of sensor feedback for Navigation and Track State Estimation development

• Lead root-cause failure identification and resolution studies

• Lead system performance, capabilities, and sensitivities using a variety of methods

• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation) including the ability to translate technical vision, direction, tasking, and status to multi-disciplinary team

• Support Growth of GNC Functional Organization through mentoring and creation of process/technical resources

• Strategy and proposal support including technical scope, cost, and schedule

• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearances as required

• Ability to obtain and maintain any additional clearances as required

• Physical Requirements (such as ability to lift up to 20 lbs.)

• Up to 10% travel may be required for field testing and/or multi-site support

• Other duties as required

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• Active DoD Secret clearance

• Bachelors degree in in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Mathematics

• Demonstrated Technical Expertise in multiple GNC disciplines (Guidance, Navigation, Control Theory, Track State Estimation, High-Fidelity Vehicle Modeling)

• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and C/C+

• Preferred Additional Skills:

• Excellent problem solving and trade / parametric study execution

• Masters degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or Mathematics and/or combined with equivalent experience

• Demonstrated Behavioral Competencies and Team Leadership

• Practical experience working with a variety of mission sensor types (RADAR, EO/IR, etc), modes, and stabilization

• Practical experience with a variety of vehicle sensor types (GPS, IMU, ADS, etc) and modes

• Familiarity with a variety of tracker types and kalman filtering

• Background in physics/rigid body dynamics

• Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.

• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)

• Positive Attitude, Mentoring, Emotional Intelligence, Teaming, Delegation

• Excellent people skills to include collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment

• Outstanding work ethic and commitment to organizational success

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.