Guidance Nav & Control Systems Engineer - Early Career

Security Clearance

Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years

Shift

First

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Business Area

Missiles and Fire Control

Department

RE5652:ET SE PERFORM ANA

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Job Code/Title

E2331:Guidance, Nav & Ctrl Eng Asc

Job Class

Guidance, Navigation and Control

Job Category

4 yr and up College

Program

Orlando / ADSW / S&GS / IRST / JASSM /

Req Type

Full-Time

Job Description

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. We are seeking an emerging Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer who will join a highly skilled team of systems engineering technologists and algorithm developers supporting various contracts and IRADs within Missiles and Fire Control. GNC Engineer tasks include:
• Design, integrate, and test GNC, tracking, and/or servo control algorithm solutions for missile and fire control products
• Develop, verify, and validate both complex models and simulations such as missile 6-degree-of-freedom simulations (6-DOF) and effects-based simulations
• Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements
• Perform critical studies, analyses, and test activities
Support ground and flight test efforts including Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) activities
• Support program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate must have a Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, physics, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, applied mathematics, or similar
• Candidate must have demonstrated the ability to perform one or more of the following Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) or Modeling and Simulation (M&S) assignments based on completed course work or professional experience:
o Develop and analyze algorithms such as guidance, navigation, autopilot, inertial tracking, Kalman filtering, and servo control algorithms
o Develop and/or verify/validate complex vehicle models and simulations such as missile 6-degree-of-freedom simulations
o Candidate should be proficient in one or more of the following languages: Python, C++, Matlab
o Demonstrate strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra, matrix math, statistics, trigonometry, and coordinate transformations

Desired skills

• Candidates with master's degree in related discipline
• Proficiency with Linux
• Ability to perform preflight system performance assessment and post flight verification analyses
• Experience designing and analyzing target tracking and terrestrial navigation systems
• Experience with optimal state estimation filters such as extended Kalman filters (EKF)
• Demonstrated skills in probability, statistics, and Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Experience with Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)
• Experience deploying algorithms that satisfy real-time performance requirements

State

Florida

Zip

32819

EEO

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive bene