Spaceflight Guidance & Control Engineer — Flexible Work

Lockheed Martin; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking an aerospace engineer to design, develop, and verify guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for aircraft, spacecraft, and launch systems. The role covers powered and coast phases, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise, and staging events, with emphasis on accurate modeling and verification reports.

You will work with MATLAB, Python, C++, FORTRAN or Ada in a Git-enabled environment, requiring strong math foundations and communication skills.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, applied mathematics, or similar STEM degree.
• 1–2+ years of hands-on experience performing guidance, navigation, or flight control engineering on aerospace or missile applications.
• Solid foundation in linear algebra, dynamics, coordinate frame transformations, and fundamental control theory (PI filters, Laplace transform, Fourier analysis, state-space modeling).
• Demonstrated understanding of Air Vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, and environmental disturbance modeling.
• Demonstrated understanding of guidance law development or autopilot/flight controls algorithm development.
• Familiarity with SW development environments like Git using MATLAB, Python, C++, FORTRAN, or Ada.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for verification plans and reports.
• US Citizenship and an ability to attain Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms for guidance, navigation and control across orbit and flight phases.
• Formulates equations and control laws to achieve desired positions in space.
• Develops control requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and spacecraft.

Skills

MATLAB

Python

C++

FORTRAN

Ada

Git

Communication

Security clearance

Education

BS in electrical engineering or related STEM degree

Tools

Linux

Job description

Lockheed Martin is seeking an aerospace engineer to design, develop, and verify guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for aircraft, spacecraft, and launch systems. The role covers powered and coast phases, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise, and staging events, with emphasis on accurate modeling and verification reports.

You will work with MATLAB, Python, C++, FORTRAN or Ada in a Git-enabled environment, requiring strong math foundations and communication skills.