Guidance Navigation And Control Engineer

Design of control systems Job Purpose -

To design, develop, and validate Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) algorithms to ensure accurate missile guidance and stable flight. Develop high-fidelity simulation model to evaluate system performance, optimize trajectories, and verify mission requirements. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support system integration, testing, and successful deployment.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Range feasibility studies

• Developing point mass trajectory model
• Developing 3 DOF trajectory models
• Modifying the trajectory parameters to meet the required specifications such as Range, Terminal velocity & impact angle.

Dispersion analysis of unguided rockets

Modeling of Dynamic system

Develop high-fidelity Point-Mass, 3DOF, and 6DOF simulation models for performance analysis, law development, trajectory design, and airframe optimization.

Design and Development of Guidance schemes

• Design & Analysis of different guidance schemes such as PN, APN, MPN, Polynomial guidance law etc. as per the mission requirement.

Trajectory shaping of guided missiles

Design of control systems

• Autopilot design using classical control methods to meet desired specifications such as bandwidth, settling time, rise time, margins, etc.
• Designing of Attitude, lateral acceleration autopilot, velocity, altitude control systems.
• Linearize the dynamics system to design autopilot using transfer function models.
• Implementing & analyzing the auto pilot performance in actual nonlinear system.
• Analyzing control system performance & Stability using Bode & Nyquist Plots.
• Designing filters & compensators to achieve the desired specifications.

HIL & SIL simulations of control system

Perturbation analysis

• Sensitivity analysis of various missile Parameters.
• Failure mode studies of different subsystems of missile.

Monte Carlo simulation in the permissible perturbation bands.

Educational Qualifications and Experience

• B. Tech/B. E (EEE/ME/Aero/ECE) and M. Tech/M. E (Control Systems/Guided Missiles/Flight Dynamics and Control), or Ph.D. (Control Systems/Flight Dynamics and Control/ Guided Missiles).
• Work Experience: -
• 05-10 Years Proven experience in respective field.
• Core Technical Knowledge
• Strong understanding of Classical Control Theory and Modern Control Theory.
• Knowledge of Guidance algorithms, Navigation filters, and Control system design.
• Solid understanding of: Rigid-body dynamics, Flight dynamics, Coordinate frames and transformations.
• Software & Programming - Proficiency in MATLAB / Simulink for: Modeling and simulation, Control system design, Programming experience: C/ C++, MATLAB.
• Algorithms & Implementation Experience in:
• Trajectory generation (3DOF, 6DOF), Control law design (PID, PD, PI, Compensators)
• Autopilot design and development.
• Simulation & Testing:

Experience with:

• Model-in-the-Loop (MIL).
• Software-in-the-Loop (SIL).
• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation.

Tools: Experience with: MATLAB / Simulink , C/C++.