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Guidance, Navigation Control - Associate Manager

Job in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, 94085, USA
Listing for: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-12
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Software Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 123500 - 217695 USD Yearly USD 123500.00 217695.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Guidance, Navigation, & Control - Associate Manager
Description:

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.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

About the Role:

As a GNC Associate Manager on the THAAD program, you will lead a small and diverse team of engineers in a fast-paced development environment.

You will also be a technical contributor supporting team and program goals, with leadership and technical responsibilities split roughly 50/50.

The primary area(s) of responsibility are consist of GNC algorithm design with opportunities for image processing, tool development and hardware-facing tasks. Strong candidates will have experience with simulation integration, performance analysis and programming. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral, are essential.

Basic Qualifications:

Skill Requirements:

* Demonstrated leadership skills including building effective relationships, conflict resolution and empowering teams.

* Demonstrated team or project leadership skills

* Experience with software, simulation and programming tools (ex. Matlab/Simulink, Fortran, C++, Python)

* Proven experience in the design, integration, qualification, verification, or validation of GNC algorithms for missile applications.

* Ability to collaborate with multi-functional teams by leveraging excellent verbal and written communication skills

* Ability to prioritize schedules and tasking to accomplish multiple goals in a fixed time period

* Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment

Security Clearance / Work Authorization:

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

* Applicants must be able to obtain Final Secret clearance to be considered qualified.

* Interim Secret clearance is required to prior to start.

* Selected candidates will be required to maintain a minimum level, government issued Secret clearance for long term employment on this program.

Desired

Skills:

* Full Spectrum Leadership including Building Effective Relationships, Conflict Resolution, and Employee Engagement

* GNC lead/management experience with a demonstrated ability to manage complex technical systems and drive fast-paced programs

* Knowledge/experience with GN&C control theory and physical modeling related to spacecraft and/or missile systems

* Ability to coordinate integration activities across a team that performs missile GN&C design and analysis tasks

* Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements

* Hardware experience for missile components as well as hardware specification development

* Demonstrated project leadership and/or leadership of small teams of junior engineers.

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: 9x80 every other Friday off

Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $123,500 - $217,695. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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