Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer IV Interim Top Secret

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In this position, the selected candidate will report directly to the GN&C Manager within the GN&C Talent Center organization of Lockheed Martin Space. The Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Subsystems and Core Sim Team design and produce the hardware, algorithms, and software required to solve the challenging problems of controlling spacecraft systems in a harsh, zero-g environment. This Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer (Staff, Level IV) position seeks an experienced engineer who will serve as a Line of Sight (LOS) SME and specialize in optical LOS jitter analysis for precision pointing spacecraft across multiple satellite buses.

• Analyze and model optical line of sight jitter for precision pointing spacecraft.
• Collaborate with GN&C subsystem architecture and systems engineering teams.
• Conduct disturbance modeling, dynamometer testing, space vehicle jitter testing, and requirements flow-down.
• Perform early program design and analysis, structural analysis, damping, dynamics modeling, and modeling-uncertainty factors.
• Analyze LOS jitter in time and frequency domains.
• Support program life-cycle activities including design, analysis, integration, verification, and testing of the GN&C subsystem.

Basic Qualifications:

• Advanced domain experience in spacecraft controller design and optimization.
• Experience developing and verifying simulation models using MATLAB/Simulink and C++.
• Advanced experience in LOS modeling and analysis.
• Specialist in optical line of sight jitter analysis for precision pointing spacecraft.

Security Clearance / Work Authorization:

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Interim Top Secret clearance required as a minimum;
  Long-term Top Secret clearance required upon employment.

Desired

Skills:

• Experience with CORESIM.
• Flight software development in C++/Python.
• Attitude determination and Kalman filter experience.
• Multi-body dynamics and finite element modeling.
• GN&C hardware suite familiarity and dynamics modeling.
• LOS accuracy budgets and disturbance modeling.
• Full spacecraft program life cycle experience.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability.
• 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and vacation accrual guidelines per state obligations.
• Incentive plan eligibility.

• Relocation available:
  Possible.
• Industry: Guidance, Navigation and Control.
• Experience Level: Experienced Professional.
• Type:
  Full-Time, Shift: First.
• Application window closes in 90 days; encouraged to apply within 5-30 days of posting.
• Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.