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Guidance Navigation & Control Engineer IV (Staff) - Interim Top Secret

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Littleton, CO, USA
136K-252K Annually
Senior level
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Littleton, CO, USA
136K-252K Annually
Senior level
Designs, develops, verifies, and tests guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for spacecraft. Serves as a line-of-sight subject matter expert specializing in optical LOS jitter analysis, precision pointing, disturbance modeling, dynamics, structural analysis, and time/frequency-domain analysis. Supports requirements development, simulation, integration, testing, and spacecraft program life-cycle activities. Requires advanced spacecraft controller, LOS modeling, MATLAB/Simulink, and C++ experience, along with an interim Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.
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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:
In this position, the selected candidate will report directly to the GNC Manager within the GNC Talent Center organization of Lockheed Martin Space. The Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Subsystems and CoreSim 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 spacecraft systems in a harsh, zero-g environment.
In this Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer (Staff, Level IV) position, we are seeking an experienced GNC Engineer who will serve as a Line of Sight (LOS) SME.
The role specifically is looking for a specialist in the subject of optical line of sight (LOS) jitter analysis for precision pointing spacecraft to support multiple satellite buses including, but not limited to, the LM400 and LM2100 satellite series. In addition to an expertise in the field of LOS jitter analysis, the candidate should have familiarity with GNC subsystem architecture, systems engineering, disturbance modelling, dynamometer testing, space vehicle jitter testing, requirements flow down, early program design and analysis, structural analysis, Damping, Dynamics Modeling, Modeling Uncertainty factors, LOS jitter analysis and time/frequency domain analysis.

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Designs, develops, implements, verifies and tests algorithms to perform guidance, navigation and control of aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles and upper stages during powered and coast phases of flight, earth orbit, interplanetary cruise and orbital insertion, as well as during staging events. Navigation functions include the statistical processing of measured data points and their substitution into algorithms simulating physical reality. Guidance functions include the formulation of specific equations and control laws to achieve a desired position in space. Control design and analyses processes consist of the development of the control requirements for aircraft, launch vehicles and/or spacecraft.

Basic Qualifications

Skill Requirements:
• Possess advanced domain experience in spacecraft controller design and optimization.
• Experience in developing and verifying performance of simulation models in simulation environments using programming tools that include MATLAB/Simulink, C++
• Possess advanced domain experience in LOS modeling and analysis.
• Specialist in the subject of optical line of sight (LOS) jitter analysis for precision pointing spacecraft
Security Clearance / Work Authorization:
• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Interim Top Secret clearance is required to be considered qualified in addition to being the minimum level required prior to starting employment
• Selected candidates will be required to obtain, and maintain, a government issued Top Secret clearance for long term employment on this program.

Desired Skills

•    Experience with CORESIM
•    Experience with flight software development and autocode to C++ and Python
•    Attitude Determination and Kalman Filter Experience
•    Multi-body dynamics experience
•    Familiarity with a GN&C hardware suite for space applications
•    Domain experience in dynamics modeling
•    Experience with LOS accuracy budgets
•    Experience in Finite Element Modeling 
•    Experience in Disturbance modeling. 
•    Experience going through a spacecraft program life cycle encompassing requirements generation, design, analysis, integration, verification, and testing of the GN&C subsystem for space applications including mission operations 
•    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.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $135700.00 - $251900.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.  

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
  • For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

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