Controls Research Scientist, Senior Staff

Lockheed Martin

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Palo Alto, CA
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$134,000–$236,325 / yr
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4 days ago
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Join Lockheed Martin Space as a senior control systems engineer on their Advanced Technology Center team, where you will design and analyze sophisticated control systems for precision aerospace mechanisms from concept to validation. Your daily tasks include developing advanced quantum-sensing-based guidance and navigation algorithms, creating pointing and stabilization systems for spacecraft and telescopes, and setting up test beds to evaluate system performance. You must be proficient in Simulink and MATLAB for modeling and analysis, with expertise in classical and state-space optimal control methods, rigid-body dynamics, and Kalman filtering. Ideal candidates hold a PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering and have over 10 years of experience in control systems research and development, particularly in high-bandwidth precision mechanisms and guidance systems. This role demands strong analytical skills, knowledge of quantum mechanics, electro-magnetism, and orbital mechanics, and the ability to work effectively in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.

Skills

Matlab Simulink Classical_Control Optimal_Control State_Space Kalman_Filtering Newtonian_Mechanics Rigid_Body_Dynamics Flexible_Body_Dynamics Vibrations Linear_Systems_Theory Digital_Control Statistics Vector_Calculus Ordinary_Differential_Equations Partial_Differential_Equations Numerical_Linear_Algebra Numerical_Analysis Quantum_Mechanics Geometric_Optics ElectroMagnetics Wave_Mechanics Embedded_Software RealTime_OS

What you'll do

  • Design and analyze control systems for precision aerospace mechanisms.
  • Develop advanced quantum-sensing-based guidance and navigation algorithms.
  • Create controls test beds to demonstrate pointing and stabilization system performance.
  • Synthesize and analyze control systems for spacecraft and optical telescopes.
  • Generate complex multi-rigid-body dynamics models from first principles.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering with at least 10 years of professional experience.
  • Experience in generating Simulink models and performing time-domain and frequency-domain analyses using Matlab's Simulink.
  • Strong background in research and development of control systems for precision mechanisms and guidance & navigation systems applied to aerospace.
  • Advanced knowledge of classical and state-space optimal control methods, rigid- and flexible-body dynamics, vibrations, and multi-rigid-body dynamics modeling from first principles.
  • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment with strong communication skills.

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