Lockheed Martin

Guidance, Nav & Ctrl Asc Mgr (Level IV) - Secret

Lockheed Martin$123K — $217K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • B.S. or M.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Knowledge of GNC in weapons systems and integration testing.
  • Experience with national team partners/subcontractors in hardware/software integration.
  • Proven experience presenting to management and customers.
  • Demonstrated leadership across diverse teams and locations.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with necessary security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and review technical data packages and presentations.
  • Coordinate development and validation of missile simulation and flight algorithms.
  • Evaluate system performance in diverse scenarios to verify requirements.
  • Lead staff execution for critical analyses and testing activities.
  • Support program reviews and technical meetings with stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability.
  • 401(k) matching and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Education Assistance and Parental Leave.
  • Paid time off and Holidays.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Full Job Description
Job Description

About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Associate Manager (Level 4) who will perform both technical execution scope and functional manager responsibilities within the Theater Strike Weapon Systems (TSWS) and Strategic Missile Defense (SMD) portfolios. Anchored by the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) program, the portfolio is undergoing rapid growth associated with multiple product lifecycle phases within CPS and several peer development program efforts.

In this role, you should anticipate:
• Working on advanced missile design, integration, testing, and analysis within a hypersonic weapon system program
• Leveraging past experience in weapon system and missile system/subsystem development and analysis to shape current and future program execution
• Collaborating with program managers, systems and software engineering or engineering leaders to delivery component(s)/subsystem(s), designs, and analysis to programs
• Provides programmatic direction to engineering staff and team(s), collaborates on execution, analysis, design/peer reviews
• Applying proficiency in C++ and MATLAB to develop, verify, validate, and perform analysis, review analysis artifacts of others, assess data products, and delivery technical summary briefings
• Communicating technical results effectively and working collaboratively across teams, working groups, review boards, and technical execution teams
• Support Agile execution of programs and projects through proposals, planning/backlog development, product ownership, and staffing coordination

Job Responsibilities will include:
• Develop and review data packages, analysis, and presentations for working groups, review board
• Coordinate internal efforts and external elements to develop, verify, and validate both complex simulations such as missile 6-degree-of-freedom simulations (6-DOF) and onboard flight algorithms to achieve weapon system performance
• Evaluate system performance in complex scenarios and environments and verify system and subsystem level requirements
• Perform and align staff execution for critical studies, analyses, and test activities
• Support program reviews and technical interchange meetings with internal leadership and/or external customers.

Successful applicants generally have at least 9+ 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.

Basic Qualifications

Skill Requirements:
• B.S. or M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Working knowledge of basic GNC related to weapons systems, GNC hardware products, GNC systems, advance modeling and simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop or hardware integration testing.
• Current/Previous experience working with national team partner and/or subcontractor development, including build, test, and integration of hardware or software
• Previous experience presenting to senior management, as well as, customer team members through technical and program reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, especially engineers with diverse backgrounds across multiple geographic locations.
• Leadership skills and behaviors that align with Full Spectrum leadership (FSL) imperatives.
• Ability to travel to support job duties listed above.

Security Clearance / Work Authorization:
• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Interim Secret clearance is required to start employment.
• Selected candidates will be required to obtain, and maintain, a government issued Secret clearance for long term employment on this program.

Desired skills

Skill Expectations:
• Professional experience with 9+ years applicable GNC focus associated with Weapon System product lifecycle.
• Experience operating in Linux environments including High Performance Computing usage
• Experience with Agile development
• Experience with technical task leadership, completion coordination, and collaborative development environment of integrated product teams with schedule or completion reporting
• Experience in proposal development, cost and schedule development & ownership, and earn value reporting
• Experience in Analysis, Document, Development and intermediate work products Agile artifact peer reviews for task/scope completion

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $123,500 - $217,695. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $142,000 - $246,100. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services, and Space Systems. Lockheed Martin was formed in 1995 from the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, it completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). In August 2009, it completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the United States military. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, a unit of the Company's Electronic Systems business area, would manage the Gyrocam business.

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$6.8 billion
Founded
1995
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