Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer II

Lockheed Martin•Littleton, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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 Engineer on the Orion program, you will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing the guidance, navigation, and control architecture for one of the nation’s most critical and complex space systems. Through this position you will gain hands‑on experience developing, testing, verifying, and validating the human‑space‑flight algorithms that will enable Orion to support the upcoming Artemis missions. In this role you typically will:

Requirements

Broad technical skills including rigid body dynamics, control theory, and computer programming.
Experience supporting the development of flight vehicle GNC architectures, and planning and conducting GNC performance and simulation analysis
Strong team collaboration, communication and presentation skills.
To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
Successful applicants generally have a minimum of 1+ years of related experience and may have a post‑secondary degree or training in a related engineering discipline.

Nice To Haves

Related Program or Project experience
Proficiency in the following engineering tools: MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, Python
Experience with 6-Degree of Freedom (6DOF) simulations and physics-based modeling
Demonstrated experience with analysis of feedback control systems, closed loop guidance, or navigation algorithms.
Experience with model based software development using Simulink (autocoding)
Experience developing robust flight software from GNC algorithm prototypes
Demonstrated ability as a team player to build consensus among peers and build effective relationships with team members.
Demonstrated communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to peers, management, subcontractors and customers.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant Dynamics and Controls coursework or at least 2 year of professional experience in the field

Responsibilities

Develop Simulations and Models to accurately predict the behavior of the system
Develop the high-fidelity flight simulation software used to verify mission capabilities
Utilize these modeling and simulation tools to design, develop, and test GNC algorithms
Collaborate with the software team to develop flight-worthy code based on GNC algorithm prototypes
Provide support to all GNC planning, requirements generation, software verification & validation activities, and pre and post-test support
Perform design and analysis of guidance, navigation, and control algorithms as it pertains to flight and hardware testing
Use your excellent communication skills to work across the Lockheed Martin organization and customer/user community to ensure consensus and understanding of GNC performance