GNC Engineering Asc - Early Career

Lockheed Martin; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 67,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie, TX seeks an emerging Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer with an active Secret clearance to work on advanced missile systems. You will perform performance analysis, support flight tests, and develop guidance laws, autopilots, and fire-control algorithms in a challenging, mission-focused environment.

The role involves hardware-in-the-loop simulations, trade studies, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure robust control solutions for

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline.
• Must be a US citizen; this position will require a government security clearance.
• Experience with MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Performance analysis and generation of error budgets.
• Hardware-in-the-loop analysis and simulation modeling.
• Development and refinement of guidance laws and autopilot algorithms.

Skills

FORTRAN

C++

Guidance algorithms

Autopilots

Fire control

6DOF simulations

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

Standard Job Description

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. This is a place for engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers who are ready to engage deeply, think critically, and build with purpose. You will not just launch a career. You will be part of something bigger. This is where the best are built.

Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events. Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality. Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations and control laws to achieve a desired position in space. Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft.

Lockheed Martin is seeking an emerging authority Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer with an active Secret clearance for a position in Grand Prairie, TX working with advanced missile systems.

Representative areas of responsibility include performance analysis, generation of error budgets, hardware in the loop analysis, simulation modeling, fire control algorithm development, engage-ability analysis, development and refinement of guidance laws and autopilot algorithms, flight test support, seeker algorithm and truth modeling, and conducting trade studies.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited college in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline.
• Must be a US citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
• Experience with MATLAB

Desired Skills

• Experience with a high-level programming language such as FORTRAN or C++.
• Experience with 6DOF Performance simulations of aircraft and/or missile systems.
• Experience developing algorithms for guidance laws, autopilots, signal processing, and/or fire control.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $67000.00 - $124400.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally. The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered

Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.