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divh2Gps Receiver Principal Investigator/h2pAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Emerging Capabilities Development organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing an innovative technological capabilities across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! We are looking for you to join our team as a GPS Receiver Principal Investigator based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As a GPS Receiver Principal Investigator at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of innovation./ppThe Future Positioning Navigation Timing Systems (FPNTS) team at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for a senior technical leader to join our team as an GPS Receiver Principal Investigator. This person will provide technical leadership of our navigation research and development portfolio for military applications and is based out of Woodland Hills, CA./ppResponsibilities include:/pulliDevelopment and evaluation of GPS receiver architectures and requirements/liliProvide technical guidance and monitoring for activities focused on simulation modeling and analysis of GPS receiver processing and performance/liliCharacterization of GPS receiver performance in relevant environments/liliAnalysis of GPS navigation performance in laboratory and flight test scenarios/liliInterface with/liliCommunication of status, issues, and results with program management and customers./liliHelp shape technology strategy and lead roadmap development for the positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) research and development operating unit as well as proposal and capture strategy for critical programs./liliWork in close collaboration with Government RD organizations such as DARPA, AFRL, ONR, and Army labs to develop advanced navigation and timing technologies./liliWork with a team of navigation and timing experts in a team-based collaborative environment dedicated to advancing the state of the art/liliApply your research and development skills to architect real-world products and capabilities well beyond purely academic or theoretical/liliWork with leading-edge Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems for GPS, GNSS, and other cooperative signals along with advanced signal processing techniques to define new product lines/liliWork with leading-edge navigation warfare (NavWar) systems, techniques, algorithms, and software to enhance mission success in contested environments./liliShape next generation mission applications like autonomous navigation, distributed sensing, alternative sensing and sensor fusion, proliferated low earth orbit (pLEO) space systems, model-based system engineering, cloud-based software as a service, and swarming vehicles./liliPresent your ideas to internal and external groups; lead proposal activities; and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups./li/ulpBasic Qualifications:/pulliMasters of Science in a STEM discipline and a minimum of 14 years of prior relevant experience, OR Ph.D. in STEM discipline and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience./liliUS Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance./li/ulpSystems Engineering focused skills:/pulliDemonstrated experience with algorithm development for satellite acquisition, tracking, and receiver measurement formation/liliDemonstrated experience with design of GPS receiver tracking loops, including characterization of platform dynamics, environmental/interference effects, jamming mitigation techniques on GPS processing/liliExposure to requirements specification and interface control documents (ICD) for GPS-153/RS-232,etc./liliDemonstrated experience in a technical lead role for a GPS product or lead role for an integrated product team (IPT)./liliHands-On experience with software defined Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers./li/ulpEmbedded Software Engineering focused skills:/pulliDemonstrated experience developing embedded software utilizing C, C++, Ada or related languages (typically 10+ years of experience)/liliDemonstrated experience in architecting, developing, and integrating real time embedded software for GPS Receivers, including on target Hardware/liliExpert knowledge of signal selection, acquisition and tracking, Position, Velocity, and Time (PVT) calculation, data demodulation, signal correction, jamming and spoofing or related applications/liliDemonstrated experience developing software using Green Hills Integrity Real-time Operating Systems, board support package (BSP), Green Hills Multi IDE and/or Wind River VxWorks RTOS/BSP for C/C++ or equivalent development tools/li/ulpPreferred Qualifications:/pulliPh.D. in Aerospace Engineering or Electrical Engineering or any related field and a minimum of 15 years of prior relevant experience./liliWorking experience as a Team Lead, Technical Lead, and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) in fields of knowledge and expertise./li/ulpSystem Engineering focused skills:/pulliWorking knowledge of Power Management/liliWorking knowledge of Buffer/Memory Management/liliWorking knowledge of Precision timing interface./liliFamiliarity with signals of opportunity and alternate navigation signals./liliFamiliarity with open system architectures (ex: ASPN, CMOSS, PNTOS, JADC2)./liliFamiliarity with anti-jam GPS processing techniques and analysis (such as nulling, STAP, SFAP, SFAP-T, differential GPS)/liliDemonstrated experience with military GPS modernization particularly M-code signal processing and capabilities./liliDemonstrated experience with GPS satellite constellation simulator test equipment/liliDemonstrated experience with inertial navigation systems (INS) mechanizations./liliFamiliarity with integrated INS/GPS navigation systems involving exposure to Kalman filtering / estimation theory/liliDemonstrated experience designing robust navigation systems with integrity monitoring including GPS measurement fault detection, isolation, and exclusion/liliExpertise in RF impairment analysis./liliExperience with one or more of the following: time metrology, time synchronization, time and frequency transfer, design of precision timing system, clock analysis, clock ensembling, design of time and frequency measurement systems/li/ulpSoftware Engineering focused skills:/pulliExperience with developing Vector Signal processing or Data processing algorithms for wireless communication technology/liliFamiliarity with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, Continuous Integration, Unit Test, and Test Driven Methodologies/li/ul/div

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