Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer V; Senior

Overview

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.

As a GNC Lead on the Orion program, you will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing the guidance, navigation, and control architecture for one of the nation’s most critical and complex space systems. Through this position you will gain hands-on experience developing, testing, verifying, and validating the human-space-flight algorithms that will enable Orion to support the upcoming Artemis missions.

• Develop Simulations and Models to accurately predict the behavior of the system
• Develop the high-fidelity flight simulation software used to verify mission capabilities
• Utilize these modeling and simulation tools to design, develop, and test GNC algorithms
• Collaborate with the software team to develop flight-worthy code based on GNC algorithm prototypes
• Provide support to all GNC planning, requirements generation, software verification & validation activities, and pre and post-test support
• Perform design and analysis of guidance, navigation, and control algorithms as it pertains to flight and hardware testing
• Use your excellent communication skills to work across the Lockheed Martin organization and customer/user community to ensure consensus and understanding of GNC performance

Successful applicants generally have a minimum of 8+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related engineering discipline.

Basic Qualifications:

• Skill Requirements:
• Subject matter expertise in the development of flight vehicle GNC architectures.
• Broad technical skills including rigid body dynamics, control theory, and computer programming.
• Experienced in planning and conducting GNC performance and simulation analysis.
• Strong team collaboration, communication and presentation skills.

Security Clearance / Work Authorization:

• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.

Desired

Skills:

• Related Program or Project experience
• Experience leading technical teams and coordinating work to achieve a common goal
• Recognized as an authority in Guidance Navigation & Control algorithms with the demonstrated ability to apply them to a wide range of complex problems and train others in their application
• Proficiency in the following engineering tools: MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, Python
• Experience with 6-Degree of Freedom (6
  
  DOF) simulations and physics-based modeling
• Demonstrated experience with analysis of feedback control systems, closed loop guidance, or navigation algorithms
• Experience with model based software development using Simulink (autocoding)
• Experience developing robust flight software from GNC algorithm prototypes
• Demonstrated experience in the requirements generation, design, integration, qualification, verification, and validation of Guidance Navigation & Control algorithms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
• Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant Dynamics and Controls coursework

Clearance Level: None

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