Guidance/Navigation/Control Engineering Stf - E4

Lockheed Martin; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff-level Guidance, Navigation & Controls (GNC) engineer to join an established Missile Defense program. You will help design, analyze, and implement GNC solutions for space and missile systems, collaborating with leadership and senior engineers to drive key technical decisions.

Strong experience with GNC modeling, flight software and multi-disciplinary teams is essential, as is the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly.

Qualifications

• Experience designing GNC algorithms for missile applications.
• Proven ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication with leadership.
• Experience with flight software modeling and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, verify and test GNC algorithms for missiles and space vehicles.
• Lead technical decisions and guide junior engineers on the team.
• Coordinate integration and analysis across missile GN&C design tasks.

Skills

GNC design

Flight software

Team collaboration

Time management

Fast-paced env

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Fortran

C++

Python

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.

Standard Job Description

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 Role

This position will support an established Missile Defense program as a Staff-level Guidance, Navigation & Controls (GNC) engineer.

As part of this highly-skilled team, you will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions and working with leadership and junior engineers to deliver results. Demonstrated experience with GNC and Flight Software modeling, architectures and deployment in missile applications is highly desired. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral, are essential. GNC lead experience is a strong plus.

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

• Experience with software, simulation and programming tools (ex. MATLAB/Simulink, Fortran, C++, Python)
• Proven experience in the design, integration, qualification, verification, or validation of GNC algorithms for missile applications.
• Ability to collaborate with multi-functional teams by leveraging excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize schedules and tasking to accomplish multiple goals in a fixed time period
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment

Security Clearance / Work Authorization

• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Active Secret clearance is required to prior to start, and is the minimum level to be considered qualified.
• Selected candidates must maintain a Secret clearance for long term employment on this program.

Desired Skills

• GNC lead/management experience with a demonstrated ability to manage complex technical systems and drive fast-paced programs
• Knowledge/experience with GN&C control theory and physical modeling related to spacecraft and/or missile systems
• Ability to coordinate integration activities across a team that performs missile GN&C design and analysis tasks
• Demonstrated experience with missile simulation and tool development, maintenance and use for performance analysis. Strong understanding of modeling principles.
• Experience in weapon system and/or sensor modeling.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to peers, management, subcontractors and customers.
• Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements
• Hardware experience for missile components as well as hardware specification development
• Demonstrated project leadership and/or leadership of small teams of junior engineers.
• Active Final Secret clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $150800.00 - $280000.00

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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.