Optical Architecture and Analysis Principal

Lockheed Martin Corporation•Sunnyvale, CA

58d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The successful candidate will demonstrate mastery of optical design of complex systems, error budgeting, and analysis of operational data collected from those systems. You will posses a breadth of knowledge required to architect complex optical payloads to meet mission-level requirements. You will lead cross-discipline, multi-organization teams to deliver state-of-the-art subsystems and payloads to our internal and external customers. You will balance the inherent risk associated with new and innovative systems with the Lockheed Martin standard of 100% mission success. You will work at the bleeding edge of technology, incorporating AI-enabled design tools and 1LMX capability where appropriate.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree or higher in a Science or Engineering discipline.
Experience with the design, alignment, and optical performance analysis, of division-of-wavefront (DoW) optical systems, whether multi-aperture or segmented primary.
Expertise in modeling the performance of subsystems required to capture and aligned a DoW imaging system, including GRISMs.
Expertise with image-based wavefront sensing and control methods, sufficient to write new models from scratch.
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at both a technical and executive leadership level.
US Citizen.
The ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

Nice To Haves

A Master's degree in a Science or Engineering discipline.
Success shaping and winning strategic CRAD.
Success leading technical teams across multiple orgs.
Success leading root cause analysis tiger teams, or equivalent, and subsequent anomaly resolution.
Established relationships with government organizations such as NGA, AFRL, etc.