Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer IV (Staff) - Secret clearance

Lockheed Martin•Sunnyvale, CA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance is required prior to start, and is the minimum level to be considered qualified.
U.S. Citizen.
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.
Maintain a Secret clearance for long term employment on this program.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience with GNC and Flight Software modeling, architectures and deployment in missile applications.
GNC lead experience.
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.

Responsibilities

Making strategic technical decisions.
Working with leadership and junior engineers to deliver results.
Design, integration, qualification, verification, or validation of GNC algorithms for missile applications.
Collaborate with multi-functional teams by leveraging excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Prioritize schedules and tasking to accomplish multiple goals in a fixed time period.
Work in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment.
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 specification development.
Project leadership and/or leadership of small teams of junior engineers.