Controls Research Scientist, Senior

Position: Controls Research Scientist, Senior Staff
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* Description:

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* ** Do YOU have the ability to conceive, design, and build sophisticated control systems from first principles and requirements definition to flight performance validation?*
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Roles & Responsibilities :

- Control system design and analysis for precision aerospace mechanisms

- Support programs performing research and product development encompassing multiple engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, optics, and controls engineering

- Project support includes design and development of advanced quantum sensing based guidance and navigation algorithms; design and development of advanced pointing and stabilization systems for spacecraft, payloads, and next generation large segmented optical telescopes; design and development of controls test beds and related facilities to demonstrate pointing and stabilization system performance, and control system synthesis and analysis

The ideal candidate will have familiarity with the control of high bandwidth precision mechanisms through design and test, understand space environments, and work well in a dynamic multi disciplinary environment

** The ideal candidate will have a PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering with at least 10 years of professional experience
** Candidate must be a US Person  US Citizen or Green Card holder  

Must be able to communicate effectively with all team members, possess good time management and organizational skills and be willing and able to work in a dynamic and collaborative R&D environment

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* - Experience in generating Simulink models and performing time domain and frequency domain analyses using Matlab's Simulink is required

- Strong background in research and development of control systems for mechanical and electro mechanical systems, in particular precision mechanisms and guidance & navigation systems applied to aerospace

- Advanced knowledge of classical and state space optimal control methods as well as knowledge of the state of the art in mechanism technologies

- Knowledge of rigid  and flexible body dynamics, vibrations, ability to generate and code complex multi rigid body dynamics models from first principles in Newtonian mechanics

- Required graduate curriculum include multi rigid body dynamics and kinematics, vibrations, linear systems theory, classical control, optimal control, digital control, Kalman filtering and estimation, statistics, vector calculus, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, numerical linear algebra, numerical analysis

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Skills:

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* - A strong interest in control system development and design work, and ability to justify decisions with analysis and simulations based on first principles physics understanding is a must

Advanced mathematical education and strong analytical skills at the graduate level

- Knowledge of quantum mechanics basics, geometric optics, electro magnetism, wave mechanics, electro mechanical systems including motor drive electronics and sensor signal processing, passive and active vibration isolation systems, orbital mechanics

- Desired additional graduate curriculum includes electrical circuits, non linear optimization, convex optimization, robust control, digital signal processing and spectral analysis, calculus of variations, stochastic calculus, numerical integration  methods

- Experience with real time embedded software programming and real time operating systems is a plus

On site work is required  Candidate must be a US Person  US Citizen or Green Card holder  

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** Clearance Level:
** None

** 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…