Guidance/Navigation/Control Engineering Sr - E3

Lockheed Martin; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

PTO

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space seeks a senior or mid-career GNC Engineer to serve as a Certified Principal Engineer for an advanced IMU system. You’ll oversee production readiness, ensure aerospace quality compliance, and drive continuous-improvement across the IMU design.

You will translate system requirements into manufacturable solutions while maintaining traceability and configuration control. Proficiency in AI prompting for this role, with a minimum of 3+ years in related fields, is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of related experience in GNC or IMU systems.
• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain Secret clearance.
• Experience translating requirements into manufacturable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, verify and test IMU-guided navigation algorithms.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to ensure traceability and control of changes.
• Lead production-readiness and ensure compliance with aerospace quality standards.

Skills

Navigation hardware

Inertial measurement unit

Technical guidance

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's degree

Tools

MATLAB

Fortran

C++

Job description

About Lockheed Martin Space

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

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Job Description :
About Lockheed Martin Space Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that\'s built for you.

About The Team

For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth, and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

About The Role

Lockheed Martin is seeking a senior or mid‑career GNC Engineer to serve as a Certified Principal Engineer (CPE) for a high‑performance Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) system. The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing production readiness, ensuring compliance with aerospace quality standards, and driving continuous‑improvement initiatives for the IMU design. This role will collaborate closely internally as well as with industry partner teams to translate system requirements into manufacturable solutions while maintaining traceability and configuration control.

Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice

Successful applicants will generally possess a minimum of 3+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline.

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

Basic Qualifications :

Skill Requirements

• Professional engineering experience working directly with navigation hardware
• Knowledge of inertial measurement unit design concepts
• Demonstrated experience in providing technical guidance and support across multiple disciplines
• Experience facilitating collaboration among stakeholders to drive project success

Security Clearance / Work Authorization

• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Although not required for consideration, applicants must be able to obtain a Secret clearance prior to start.
• Selected candidates will be required to maintain a minimum level, government issued Secret clearance, for long term employment on this program.

Desired Skills

Desired skills :

• Master’s degree in a related field with at least 3 years of professional experience
• Demonstrated experience with Certified Principal Engineer (CPE) and/or Responsible Systems Engineer (RSE) processes and responsibilities
• Direct experience developing or integrating IMU subsystems for flight‑critical platforms
• Experience analyzing ground and/or flight test data, including proficiency with data‑analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB) to derive performance trends
• Experience with Fortran, C++, or a different compiled computing language
• Experience in capturing, tracing, and verifying system requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with team members
• Active DOD Secret or Top Secret security clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $110300.00 - $204900.00

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

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.