Lead GNC Software Engineer – Navigation & Timing

Lockheed Martin; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements

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

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is seeking a talented GNC Software Engineer to join the Mission Systems and Software Comms team supporting an ADP program across Fort Worth, TX and Palmdale, CA. This role emphasizes navigation and timing with hands-on development, integration, and V&V of complex navigation algorithms and hardware/software systems.

The selected candidate will be a technical leader with strong communication skills, capable of independent work and providing direction to more junior

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, aeronautical/aerospace engineering, mathematics, or a related technical discipline
• Subject matter expertise and minimum of 10 years of experience with development of complex aerospace navigation systems, navigation hardware integration, and/or algorithm design
• Demonstrated previous technical or personnel leadership experience
• Proficiency with Matlab and Simulink software
• Working knowledge of common programming (C, C++) and/or scripting (lua, python) languages
• Extensive experience with navigation hardware/software integration and test to ensure functional and performance capabilities
• Experience with deployment of navigation algorithms in aerospace embedded software
• Successful maturation of navigation hardware/software systems through development, V&V, lab testing, and flight/operational testing

Responsibilities

• Lead development of complex navigation algorithms and integration of COTS and custom hardware LRUs through design, surrogate testing, on-system deployment, and V&V
• Provide technical direction to junior team members and drive long-term planning and task prioritization
• Coordinate with internal customers and sub-tier suppliers and communicate across teams

Job description

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is seeking a talented GNC Software Engineer to join the Mission Systems and Software Comms team supporting an ADP program across Fort Worth, TX and Palmdale, CA. This role emphasizes navigation and timing with hands-on development, integration, and V&V of complex navigation algorithms and hardware/software systems.

The selected candidate will be a technical leader with strong communication skills, capable of independent work and providing direction to more junior