Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer Senior

Lockheed Martin•Littleton, CO

9d•Onsite

About The Position

As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world's hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Bring your experience and passion for engineering to Lockheed Martin, and build the systems which support our nation's defense systems. The National Security Space Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) team is made up of enthusiastic and talented individuals that design and produce the hardware, algorithms, and software required to solve the challenging problems of controlling these systems in a harsh, zero-g environment. Are you willing to join this team and help solve these challenges in a team environment using your GN&C academic background and industry experience? Do you have experience in spacecraft relative navigation, particularly Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO)? If so, consider this senior GN&C position on a group of exciting space programs that will inspire your imagination and provide unique challenges to use and grow your talent. What does this role look like?

Requirements

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
Experience in Relative Navigation: Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) algorithm development from initial system design thru the entire life cycle of code development
Experience with simulation and programming tools (ex. Matlab/Simulink, C++, Python) and Kalman Filtering / Attitude Determination
Experience in performing GN&C (Guidance, Navigation, & Control) design and analysis tasks
Possess an Active TS or TS/SCI clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with flight software development and autocode to C++
Experience working with different satellite bus sizes
Familiarity with a GN&C hardware suite for space applications
Mission operations experience
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment
Demonstrated good communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to peers, management, subcontractors and customers.
Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly

Responsibilities

Apply missile guidance, navigation, and control expertise to modeling and simulation
Integrate Matlab/Simulink models into a 6-DOF C++ simulation
Develop high fidelity models and simulation software
Build new source code in C++ and Python
Modify code in C++, C, Matlab, Simulink, Fortran, Python, Linux shell, and YAML
Create unit tests
Execute simulation software on a high performance computing cluster including Linux systems or VMs
Work in an Agile DevOps environment with Docker/Container and Kubernetes deployment
Collaborate with the performance analysts, Flight Software team, and customer
Algorithm Development