Guidance, Navigation & Control Associate Manager
Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Responsibilities
Job ID: 682119BR Date posted: Dec. 11, 2024 Program: Orlando / E&T / ITE / HWIL COE O
Description:At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.
We are seeking an engineering leader experienced in Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) disciplines related to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) who will lead a highly skilled team of systems engineering technologists and algorithm developers supporting various contracts and IRADs within Missiles and Fire Control.
This person will serve as the Engineering and Technology Manager (ETM) responsible for the management of HWIL employees with varied technical responsibilities, department initiatives and directorate undertakings, and for driving technical excellence, affordability, and program execution.
What You Will Be Doing
This person will lead a team responsible for tasks that include:
• Knowledge of GNC subsystems
• Design of HWIL subsystems and simulations including electrical diagrams and low-level driver and simulation interfaces
• Coordination with Integration and Test Engineering
• Missile performance analysis for system verification
• Creation and modification to HWIL analysis tools using Perl, Python and Matlab
• Creation of Simulation and Model Description Documents or Analysis Documents
• Support to algorithm developers and Modeling and Simulation team
• Hardware and Software Integration, C++ embedded software development
• Evaluation of system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verification system and subsystem level requirements
• Support of program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers
As an ETM, this person will be responsible for providing technical coaching and mentoring, work assignments, employee career development, continuous ongoing feedback, and being their employees advocate in opportunity discussions. ETMs also support functional initiatives and directorate undertakings by coordinating employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessments, salary planning, recognition/disciplinary actions, and engineering competency development. The E&T manager is responsible for supporting program development, execution of program requirements, adherence to engineering development processes, promoting customer focus, and serving as the technical conscience for their program.
Relocation assistance is possible for this exciting position.
Why Join Us
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We Hear You, We See You. At Lockheed Martin, we invest in people and promoting the sharing of ideas to create incredible solutions. We know that our success depends on the combined efforts of diverse thinkers like you! At Lockheed Martin, we cultivate an inclusive environment that appreciates differences and unique thinking.
Our global commitment to diversity and inclusion reflects our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. Learn more here: Global Diversity and Inclusion.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
Discover more about our Orlando, Florida location.
Basic Qualifications:
• Active Secret security clearance investigated w/in the last 5 years.
• Knowledge and experience with operation and troubleshooting of Linux.
• Experience in one or more scripting or programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Python, MATLAB, Perl, etc.
• Demonstrated experience in leveraging state-of-the-art solutions for programs.
• Demonstrated experience developing effective stakeholder and partner relationships.
• Demonstrated experience effectively performing in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work through technical, project, operational, and resource challenges.
• Proven business acumen to manage multiple assignments and projects with the ability to balance technical requirements with business needs and affordability.
• Demonstrated collaboration and teaming skills at all levels of the organization.
• Strong leadership, organization, and interpersonal skills to provide customer support and support to the team.
Desired Skills:
• Active Top Secret security clearance (investigation within the past 6 years)
• Experience with containers and orchestration, especially in HPC applications using Singularity, Docker, Shifter, Kubernetes etc.
• Scripting ability to support system administration (Ansible, Python, BASH, Perl, Batch, VBScript, PowerShell, etc.)
• Experience in High Performance Computing (HPC) with demonstrated technical knowledge.
• Intuitive thinker that can develop, script, and experiment to contrive and implement new solutions to technical problems.
• Preference for designing, building, scripting, and documenting new environments from the ground-up.
• Extensive experience working in Linux Environments (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc).
• Understanding of routing/switching networking concepts.
• Understanding of virtualization infrastructure such as VMWare, KVM, Hyper-V, etc.
• Understanding of NAS/SAN/PFS storage systems and related networking.
• Experience with Parallel File Systems (PFS) such as Lustre or GPFS/Spectrum Scale.
• Experience with workload managers such as PBS Pro, SLURM, Torque, Oracle Grid Engine, etc.
• Experience with cluster management utilities such as xCAT, Warewulf, Bright Cluster Manager, etc.
• Prefer Security+, CISSP, or other IAT Level II/III security certification.
• Knowledge/Experience with Multi-Level Security (MLS) or Multi-Category Security (MCS) solutions.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps CI/CD
pipelines and software version control such as Git.
• Experience in a science or engineering discipline and software or computing unique to their fields.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Guidance, Navigation and Control
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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Description:At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.
We are seeking an engineering leader experienced in Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) disciplines related to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) who will lead a highly skilled team of systems engineering technologists and algorithm developers supporting various contracts and IRADs within Missiles and Fire Control.
This person will serve as the Engineering and Technology Manager (ETM) responsible for the management of HWIL employees with varied technical responsibilities, department initiatives and directorate undertakings, and for driving technical excellence, affordability, and program execution.
What You Will Be Doing
This person will lead a team responsible for tasks that include:
• Knowledge of GNC subsystems
• Design of HWIL subsystems and simulations including electrical diagrams and low-level driver and simulation interfaces
• Coordination with Integration and Test Engineering
• Missile performance analysis for system verification
• Creation and modification to HWIL analysis tools using Perl, Python and Matlab
• Creation of Simulation and Model Description Documents or Analysis Documents
• Support to algorithm developers and Modeling and Simulation team
• Hardware and Software Integration, C++ embedded software development
• Evaluation of system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verification system and subsystem level requirements
• Support of program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers
As an ETM, this person will be responsible for providing technical coaching and mentoring, work assignments, employee career development, continuous ongoing feedback, and being their employees advocate in opportunity discussions. ETMs also support functional initiatives and directorate undertakings by coordinating employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessments, salary planning, recognition/disciplinary actions, and engineering competency development. The E&T manager is responsible for supporting program development, execution of program requirements, adherence to engineering development processes, promoting customer focus, and serving as the technical conscience for their program.
Relocation assistance is possible for this exciting position.
Why Join Us
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We Hear You, We See You. At Lockheed Martin, we invest in people and promoting the sharing of ideas to create incredible solutions. We know that our success depends on the combined efforts of diverse thinkers like you! At Lockheed Martin, we cultivate an inclusive environment that appreciates differences and unique thinking.
Our global commitment to diversity and inclusion reflects our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. Learn more here: Global Diversity and Inclusion.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
Discover more about our Orlando, Florida location.
Basic Qualifications:
• Active Secret security clearance investigated w/in the last 5 years.
• Knowledge and experience with operation and troubleshooting of Linux.
• Experience in one or more scripting or programming languages such as C/C++, Java, Python, MATLAB, Perl, etc.
• Demonstrated experience in leveraging state-of-the-art solutions for programs.
• Demonstrated experience developing effective stakeholder and partner relationships.
• Demonstrated experience effectively performing in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work through technical, project, operational, and resource challenges.
• Proven business acumen to manage multiple assignments and projects with the ability to balance technical requirements with business needs and affordability.
• Demonstrated collaboration and teaming skills at all levels of the organization.
• Strong leadership, organization, and interpersonal skills to provide customer support and support to the team.
Desired Skills:
• Active Top Secret security clearance (investigation within the past 6 years)
• Experience with containers and orchestration, especially in HPC applications using Singularity, Docker, Shifter, Kubernetes etc.
• Scripting ability to support system administration (Ansible, Python, BASH, Perl, Batch, VBScript, PowerShell, etc.)
• Experience in High Performance Computing (HPC) with demonstrated technical knowledge.
• Intuitive thinker that can develop, script, and experiment to contrive and implement new solutions to technical problems.
• Preference for designing, building, scripting, and documenting new environments from the ground-up.
• Extensive experience working in Linux Environments (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc).
• Understanding of routing/switching networking concepts.
• Understanding of virtualization infrastructure such as VMWare, KVM, Hyper-V, etc.
• Understanding of NAS/SAN/PFS storage systems and related networking.
• Experience with Parallel File Systems (PFS) such as Lustre or GPFS/Spectrum Scale.
• Experience with workload managers such as PBS Pro, SLURM, Torque, Oracle Grid Engine, etc.
• Experience with cluster management utilities such as xCAT, Warewulf, Bright Cluster Manager, etc.
• Prefer Security+, CISSP, or other IAT Level II/III security certification.
• Knowledge/Experience with Multi-Level Security (MLS) or Multi-Category Security (MCS) solutions.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps CI/CD
pipelines and software version control such as Git.
• Experience in a science or engineering discipline and software or computing unique to their fields.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Guidance, Navigation and Control
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
About
The Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) engineer at Lockheed Martin will have the opportunity to design, simulate and verify technologies such as missile autopilot, guidance algorithms, inertial target tracking, and Navigation algorithms using Kalman Filters for optimal estimation techniques. They will also have the opportunity to design, simulate and verify precision servo control and pointing algorithms for gimbaled seekers and other sensors as well as various actuators and mechanisms. Modelling and simulation of these systems is performed primarily in Matlab and C++.
Our Commitment to Sustainability: We foster innovation, integrity and security to preserve the environment, strengthen diverse communities and propel growth.
Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:
- Full Time
- Level: Entry, Mid, Senior
- Travel: Minimal, dependent on role
Qualifications
What does a successful GNC employee at Lockheed Martin look like?
Check out the info below to see if you have what it takes.
- Collaborative
- Imaginative
- Problem-solver
- Results-driven
- Team player
- Technologically savvy
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The work so far has been challenging and varied. Overall, it’s been a great job; The people, environment, and benefits are fantastic on top of the work itself.
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Benefits
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Healthcare
Medical, Dental and Vision coverage is available for employees who opt-in.
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401k/Retirement Plans
Our 401(k) plan features generous matching and company contributions.
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Professional Development
We support our employees through mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs.
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Maternity and Paternity Leave
Our generous parental leave policies support your journey into parenthood. When you return to work, our facilities offer mother's rooms to support your transition and work/life balance.
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Paid Time Off
We offer PTO, paid holidays and paid time off for jury duty and military obligations.
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Flex-time
Depending on position, we offer a flexible work schedule.
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