Controls GNC Intern

Lockheed Martin•Palo Alto, CA

1d•$31,616 - $77,788•Onsite

About The Position

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we 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 development 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. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours. In this role, you will conducting innovative research and development on next generation systems ranging from directed energy, beam control, and power beaming to quantum sensing and laser technologies. The successful candidate will have experience and/or knowledge of applied physics, mathematics, and optical systems.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen
Currently enrolled and pursuing a Masters or PhD in an Engineering discipline.
Experience / Desire to work with electro-optical sensors and/or optical systems or lasers
Fluency with MATLAB and/or Simulink
Software and Lab programming (e.g. Labview, C/C++ or similar)
US Citizenship with the ability to acquire and maintain a government security clearance

Nice To Haves

Masters in Aerospace Engineering related discipline
Experience with control system design and analysis of laser or directed energy systems.
Exposure to control of optical systems including adaptive optics, fast steering mirrors, gimbal systems, jitter/beamwalk controls, target acquisition and tracking.
Knowledge of multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) controls and advanced control methods.
Knowledge or experience with real time implementation of control, real time operating systems, FPGA, multi-core, and GPU based devices and highly parallel computation.

Responsibilities

conducting innovative research and development on next generation systems ranging from directed energy, beam control, and power beaming to quantum sensing and laser technologies.