aaron cole ellertson
Senior Principal Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation
senior principal guidance navigation & control ( gnc ) engineer northrop grumman corporation
senior principal analyst control engineer guidance navigation & control ( gnc ) department northrop grumman space system . graduated massachusetts institute technology ( mit ) master science degree aeronautics astronautics , received bachelor science degree aerospace engineering georgia tech . specialize aerospace dynamic control , focus autonomous system .
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Senior Principal Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer
Senior Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer and GPS/INS Navigation Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Directed Energy Programs.

8+ years of work experience in Guidance algorithms, GPS/INS Navigation, Kalman Filtering, Linear Analysis and Control System design, Sensor modeling, Monte Carlo Simulation analysis, and Flight Test support.

Previous:   Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, Advanced Programs Division (APD) - Research and Development (R&D) of Flight Control Technology for aircraft, UAS, and missile systems. Responsible for the design, testing, and integration of GNC algorithms, air vehicle simulations, and flight software. 

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Attitude Control Systems (ACS) Department - GNC and flight software design, testing, and validation for space systems. Simulation analysis of spacecraft system dynamics. Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) testing of mechanical actuators for space vehicles.
Redondo Beach, CA
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Graduate Research Assistant
Aerospace Controls Laboratory (ACL) under Professor Jonathan P. How
Research interests: Autonomous path planning under uncertainty, rapidly-exploring random trees (RRT), cooperative control of multi-agent systems
Cambridge,MA
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Draper Laboratory
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Draper Laboratory Fellow
Autonomous guidance and robust trajectory planning for U.S. Army precision airdrop program. Developed and tested autonomous guidance algorithms including Chance Constrained Band-Limited Guidance (CC-BLG) and Chance Constrained Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees (CC-RRT). Designed and tested flight software in C/C++ and Java. Designed post-processing and flight simulation analysis scripts using MATLAB.
Cambridge,MA
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Boeing
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Flight Engineer - Autonomous Systems
Performed fault tree design and analysis for Boeing 702 commercial satellites. Improved heritage fault protection for future satellite programs as part of an Independent Research and Development (IR&D) initiative.
El Segundo, CA
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Naval Research Laboratory
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Spacecraft Mechanisms Engineer
Performed research and development (R&D) work for the DARPA Phoenix satellite servicing program. Responsible for testing and qualification of flight hardware for the JMAPS satellite program. Designed ground test configurations and supported the modeling of flight hardware for the MIS satellite program. Machined and manufactured test assemblies.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Aeronautics and Astronautics
Master's Degree
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor's Degree
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Wind Uncertainty Modeling and Robust Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Parafoils
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
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Analytic Chance Constraints for the Robust Guidance of Autonomous Parafoils
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
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2011 Centennial Outstanding Junior in Aerospace Engineering Award
Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering
2011-2012 Dr. E. Jo Baker Outstanding President's Scholar Award
Georgia Tech President's Scholarship Program
Georgia Tech President's Scholarship
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Kyle Coker
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New Alexandria, VA
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Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
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Jordan Manley
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Atlanta, GA
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Los Angeles, CA
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Matthew Moe
Currently seeking a position to further develop my career.
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
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Hunter Voltz
B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
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Simi Valley, CA
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Henry Rook
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Kent, WA
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Ryan Horton
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Los Angeles, CA
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Travis Thorne
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El Segundo, CA
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Alpharetta, GA
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Rebecca White
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Los Angeles, CA
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Hakim Lachnani
Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Josue "Josh" Tobar
Communications Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Hermosa Beach, CA
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John Milton Andrews
Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer
Mansfield, TX
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Nuno Filipe
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Columbia, MD
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Michael Barrucco
Guidance, Navigation, and Controls
Bellevue, WA
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Anthony Gaudio
Engineer IV at Northrop Grumman Corporation
Los Angeles, CA
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