Guidance, Nav & Control Systems Engineer - Early Career

Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer

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Lockheed Martin (LM) is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Engineer with emerging experience. Some of the duties include developing and/or integrating models of flight environment, sensors, mass properties, and aerodynamics. The GNC Engineer will also be responsible for integrating algorithms for flight controls, guidance, and navigation, as well as launch sequence and target tracking. The candidate should understand basic flight mechanics and equations of motion governing a six degree of freedom (6DOF) flight simulation. This integrated flight simulation (IFS) will include truth models as well as representative flight software and statistical error sources used for Monte-Carlo simulation runs. The candidate will be responsible for pre-flight performance prediction simulation runs as well as post-flight reconstruction including model verification and validation with collected flight test data. The candidate should have strong problem-solving skills and be able to identify and correct any unexplained artifacts in the simulation results or flight test data. Strong analytical and math skills are required specifically in the areas of controls, state dynamic equations, linear algebra, and statistics. Experience with object-oriented programming in C++.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering or similar field of study.
• Strong analytical and math skills specifically in the areas of controls.
• Proficient in C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB, and/or PYTHON.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Experienced with developing and analyzing guidance and/or autopilot algorithms.
• Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance.

Desired Skills:

• Strong experience in root cause analysis.
• Experienced with Missile 6DOF simulation design and analysis.

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know:

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.