Line Of Sight Systems Engineer / Principal Line Of Sight Systems Engineer
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Azusa
Posted on: August 4, 2022
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Job Description:
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities
to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around
the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and
inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many
technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first
flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on
the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a
pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun
along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity,
cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we
have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our
employees are not only part of history, they're making history. The
Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman
Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines
engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences.
Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative
technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized
product lines across the sector while providing a decisive
advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
Northrop Grumman in Azusa, CA specializes in Overhead Persistent
Infrared (OPIR) space programs that delivers timely, reliable and
accurate missile warning and infrared surveillance information to
key decision makers. The programs enhance global missile launch
detection capability, support the nation's missile defense system,
expand the country's technical intelligence gathering capacity and
bolster situational awareness for warfighters on the
battlefield.Northrop Grumman in Azusa, CA needs qualified system
engineers (Level 2 or Principal level 3) with an emphasis in
dynamics and control to fill Line-of-Sight (LOS) system performance
analyst needs on OPIR programs. Northrop Grumman has many payloads
in different stages of their life including proposal and design,
requirements and verification, ground testing and calibration,
launch and on-orbit testing and calibration, and sustainment and
anomaly resolution. LOS analysts will support system design,
pointing and control mechanism calibration and trending, ground and
orbital system test data analysis, test design, anomaly resolution
support, tool development, and requirements/performance capability
sell-off for OPIR programs. Work may include payload design,
payload and space vehicle integration and test, analyzing LOS
calibration system performance for on-orbit payloads as well as in
support of flight readiness test activities for payload and ground
systems. Ideal candidate will have a technical understanding of LOS
calibration techniques such as mechanical and optical misalignment
compensation in a space environment, calibration errors associated
with gyros, IMUs, and optical encoders, understanding of orbital
mechanics and commonly used orbital reference frames and time
systems; a working knowledge of Kalman filtering and least squares
estimation techniques is strongly desired.Basic Qualifications:
Level 2
Keywords: Northrop Grumman, Azusa , Line Of Sight Systems Engineer / Principal Line Of Sight Systems Engineer, Other , Azusa, California
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