Boeing
USA - Hazelwood, MO
Experienced Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer
The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS)
has an exciting opportunity for an
Experienced 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 contribute in areas of flight path definition, mission planning, inner loop flight controls, air data processing, subsystem control, 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.
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
Execute 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 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
Define, analyze, and maintain Air Data sensor processing, Computational Fluid Dynamics based source error correction, and redundancy management
Participate in DO-178B/C related software verification activities.
Coordinate autonomous air vehicle contingency management strategy across diverse, multidisciplined teams and manage software implementation.
Support flight simulations including desktop, software, and real time simulations
Support hardware in the loop development and testing
Support flight testing planning and execution
Work under general direction
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Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range: $115,600 - $156,400
Not Applicable
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
This position does not require a Security Clearance.
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift 1 (United States of America)
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