Guidance/Navigation/Control Engineering Sr - E3

Lockheed Martin; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie, Texas, is seeking engineers to design, develop, and test guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for aerospace systems. You will work on aircraft, spacecraft, and launch vehicles across flight regimes, contributing to simulations, software, and hardware integration.

You will join a team focused on robust control laws, state estimation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing, with opportunities for travel to test ranges and collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• BS in a STEM field as listed.
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong mathematical foundations: linear algebra, dynamics, state estimation.
• Experience with simulation/test environments (6-DOF IFS, HWIL, flight tests).
• Proficiency with Git and programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++, FORTRAN, or Ada.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain Secret Clearance is required.
• Preferred experience with PAC-3/IAMD modeling and Linux-based OS.

Skills

STEM degree

Years of experience

Mathematics foundations

Simulation environments

Programming languages

Communication skills

Security clearance

Git

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree (STEM)

Tools

Git

Linux

Job description

Standard Job Description

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.

Standard Job Description

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.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, applied mathematics, or similar STEM degree
• 3+ years of professional experience in a relevant field
• Foundational mathematics capabilities that include linear algebra, dynamics, coordinate frame transformations, and state estimation techniques
• Experience with different simulation and test environments (6-DOF IFS, HWIL, flight test experience, etc.)
• Proficiency in SW development environments like Git using programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++, FORTRAN, or Ada
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
• US Citizenship and an ability to attain Secret Clearance is required

Desired Skills

• Prior experience with Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)/IAMD modeling
• MS in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, applied mathematics, or similar STEM degree and 2+ years of relevant experience
• Experience using a Linux-based operating system
• Familiarity with some, or all, of the following: linear algebra, probability and statistics, state dynamic equations, Kalman filter applications, kinematics and rotating coordinate systems
• Experience integrating and testing hardware and software in Hardware In-the-Loop (HWIL)
• Prior experience supporting flight tests
• Ability to occasionally travel for up to two weeks at a time to White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico to support flight tests. Experience in air and missile defense, development, and testing is required

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $98100.00 - $182100.00

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.