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Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer IV Secret clearance

Job in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, 94086, USA
Listing for: Lockheed Martin
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-19
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 123500 USD Yearly USD 123500.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer IV (Staff) - Secret clearance
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* Description:

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* ** 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

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- ** About the Role** :

This position will support an established Missile Defense program as a Staff level Guidance, Navigation & Controls  GNC  engineer

As part of this highly skilled team, you will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions and working with leadership and junior engineers to deliver results   Demonstrated experience with GNC and Flight Software modeling, architectures and deployment in missile applications is highly desired  Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and oral, are essential   GNC lead experience is a strong plus

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* Skill Requirements:

- 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

- Active Secret clearance is required to prior to start, and is the minimum level to be considered qualified

- Selected candidates must maintain a Secret clearance for long term employment on this program

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Skills:

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* - 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

- Demonstrated experience with missile simulation and tool development, maintenance and use for performance analysis  Strong understanding of modeling principles

- Experience in weapon system and/or sensor modeling

- Demonstrated excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to peers, management, subcontractors and customers

- 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

- Active Final Secret clearance

** 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…
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