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Discover careers that change the world and further advancements in defense, technology, and engineering today at Northrop Grumman. Use your experience to grow your career and support our global customers with the technology, systems, and solutions they need to enable their missions on the front lines and secure our world every day. With Northrop Grumman, you’ll discover a culture built on diversity, respect, and above all teamwork. Together with our group of experts across the technical spectrum, you’ll discover opportunities to make a difference in our world and start solving some of the world’s most critical problems in the most innovative ways.

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Engineer – Guidance, Navigation, and Control. This position will be located at our Defense Systems Sector in Northridge, CA, supporting our Armament Systems Business Unit.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Use basic knowledge of vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, classical/modern control, and estimation theory to support routine aerospace engineering tasks
• Work under specific detail direction from project lead and senior engineer
• Apply defined engineering principles, industry standard, company processes and procedures to support one or a few program objectives and customer requirements

Basic Qualifications:

A candidate must meet ALL the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Be completing or has completed their degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD) from an accredited institution by June 2023
• Be majoring in or having majored in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or closely related discipline
• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher (unofficial academic transcripts must be provided at time of application by uploading the documents to your application or profile).
• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.70/4.0 or higher
• Experience or coursework in Dynamics, Control, and Estimation
• Running Monte Carlo non-linear vehicle dynamics simulation
• Analyzing CFD and Wind Tunnel test data
• Familiar with MATLAB, Simulink, and C++

Salary Range:

$70,200 - $105,400

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Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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