Lockheed Martin · 22 hours ago
Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer, Sr. Staff (Level V) - Secret clearance
Lockheed Martin Space is focused on harnessing the potential of space to drive innovation and security. They are seeking an experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer, Sr. Staff who will lead Modeling and Simulation efforts for advanced missile weapon design and collaborate with systems engineering teams.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Design and documentation of model and simulation requirements and architecture
Develop, verify, and validate both complex models and simulations such as missile 6-degree-of-freedom simulations (6-DOF) and effects-based simulations
Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements
Perform critical studies, analyses, and test activities
Support ground and flight test efforts including Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) activities
Support program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers
Qualification
Required
B.S. or M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Professionally demonstrated advanced proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Python, and/or Fortran
Professionally demonstrated the ability to develop, verify and/or validate complex vehicle models and simulations such as missile 6-degree-of-freedom simulations
Strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra, matrix math, statistics, trigonometry, and coordinate transformations
To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen
Applicants must possess a currently active Secret security clearance to be considered qualified. Final Secret clearance is required to start employment
Selected candidates will be required to obtain, and maintain, a government issued Top Secret clearance for long term employment on this program
Successful applicants generally have at least 8+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline, such as Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Preferred
Experience with technical task leadership, completion coordination, and collaborative development environment of small or medium sized integrated product teams with schedule or completion reporting
Ability to Develop and analyze algorithms such as guidance, navigation, autopilot, inertial tracking, and servo control algorithms
Ability to Develop and/or verify/validate complex vehicle models and simulations such as missile 6-degree-of-freedom simulations
Demonstrated strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra, matrix math, statistics, trigonometry, and coordinate transformations
Ability to Develop, verify and validate complex Electro Optical / Infrared and/or Radio Frequency sensor models
Ability to perform preflight system performance assessment and post flight verification analyses
Experience deploying algorithms that satisfy real-time performance requirements
Experience operating in Linux environments including High Performance Computing usage
Experience with Agile development
Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and software version control such as Git
Professional experience with 12+ years applicable to advanced modeling and simulation of complex systems
Company
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
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