Guidance, Navigation, & Control Engineer (Senior, Level III) - Secret

Lockheed Martin•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer Senior (Level III). This is a position within the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon system program that directly supports critical weapons fielding support for the nation. In this role you will be tasked with GN&C analysis, modelling and simulation work, and NGC Test Bed Hardware testing for CPS test flight and deployment campaigns.

Requirements

Experience with control system design, simulation, or analysis for Aerospace engineering applications
Experience with simulation and programming tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Fortran, and/or Python
Experience with hardware test environments, Hardware-in-the-Loop, testbeds, or hybrid simulation/hardware integrated environments
To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
Qualified applicants must possess at minimum a currently Active Secret security clearance to be considered.
Selected candidates will be required to maintain a minimum level, government issued Secret clearance for long term employment on this program.
Successful applicants generally have at least 4+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience with flight control design and applicable subsystems
Professionally demonstrated experience to develop or analyze algorithms such as guidance, navigation, autopilot, inertial tracking, and servo control algorithms
Experience troubleshooting hybrid simulation/hardware integrated environments
Experience with C++ and Fortran programming languages
Experience with Simulink and autocode algorithm integration
Ability to perform preflight system performance assessment and post flight verification analyses
Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and software version control such as Git
Experience operating in Linux environments including High Performance Computing usage
Experience with Agile development
An active U.S. DOD Secret clearance with an investigation date in the last 5 years and able to obtain and hold a DOD Top Secret

Responsibilities

Develop the high-fidelity flight simulation software used to verify mission capabilities
Provide software integration and verification support for CPS flight test campaign
Provide weapon system testing support and test hardware configuration development
Execute performance analysis for the weapon system
Leverage proficiency in C++ and MATLAB to implement, test, and validate system models and simulations
Perform design and analysis of guidance, navigation, and control algorithms as it pertains to flight and hardware testing
Communicating technical findings clearly and working effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment