Hardware-Software Interface Software Engineer

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Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space.

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to think big, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

The Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is the research lab for Lockheed Martin Space. Through our own skills and those of our partners—including universities and research labs around the world—we’re able to put vision in motion. While we are a part of LM's space division, our technologies are far-reaching across domains. Napkin sketches of lasers that can shoot down UAVs—we made it real. Changing molecules so metals behave differently? We invented that. ATC’s story is written in the success of missions here on Earth and far, far into space. Our innovation extends beyond incremental change. We strive for first-of-a-kind capability with enduring impact. Whatever the application, our charter is to create game-changing technologies. At the ATC, we’re inspiring change in our endless pursuit of what’s next.

The ATC is seeking a Staff Hardware/Software Interface Engineer with expertise in electronics and instrumentation familiar with all aspects of data acquisition, control systems, and automation using, for example National Instruments LabVIEW. You should have experience in the design and modeling, characterization and optimization of laser and opto-electronic system control software and hardware using custom electronics, COTS equipment and applications such as LabVIEW. We will look for you to work with systems engineering, laser and optical systems scientists and other disciplines to define control and operational requirements. You should have experience designing custom chassis such as house laser pump diode drivers, waveform timing, monitoring and other control electronics. Ideally, you will have experience designing and coding custom instrument control graphical user interfaces (GUI’s) that allow laser users to control and monitor the laser operation during environmental and qualification testing. Additional knowledge of related laser-based remote sensing technologies is desired, including coherent and direct detection laser radar, radiometry, Fourier/wave optics, beam propagation, and/or atmospheric sciences.

Some of your responsibilities in this role will include the following:

• Design of real-time control and data acquisition for passive optical systems, lasers and nonlinear optical systems and devices

• Evaluation and prediction of custom optical control systems performance through computational modeling and analysis

• Laboratory testing and experimental demonstration

• Prototype development

• System analysis and integration

• Field demonstration

• Contribution to summary reports, oral presentations, and/or technical proposals is expected.

We are looking for someone with excellent written/presentation/oral communication skills to communicate with diverse audiences.

You would typically have a Bachelors degree and 9-15 years of professional experience, a Masters and 7-13 years, or a PhD and 4-10 years.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

• Medical

• Dental

• 401k

• Paid time off

• Work/life balance

• Career development

• Mentorship opportunities

• Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

Basic Qualifications:

• Expertise in the design, coding and optimization of instrumentation control, data acquisition, and automation software (for example National Instruments LabVIEW) for passive and active optical systems (i.e. laser and nonlinear optical systems and devices, such as laser resonators, amplifiers, parametric frequency converters, optical beam profilers, spectrometers, autocollimators, cameras, etc.)

• Expertise in the development and refinement of assembly and test procedures for experimental, prototype, and production passive and active optical systems

• Expertise in National Instruments LabVIEW, LabVIEW RT and/or LabVIEW FPGA

• DoD Secret clearance

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, or related fields is strongly desired.

• Expertise in Field programmable gate array (FPGA) firmware design, optimization and testing is strongly desired.

• Expertise in experimental, laboratory, and production environment environmental and EMI/RFI testing

• Expertise in developing test procedures, test fixtures and troubleshooting of custom electronic printed circuit assemblies, chassis and control systems.

• Familiarity with instrument control, data acquisition and data processing software tools such as MathWorks Simulink, and/or Python.

• Familiarity with laboratory development and modeling software tools (i.e. MATLAB/Simulink, Mathematica, and Mathcad).

• Knowledge of related laser-based remote sensing technologies (i.e. coherent and direct detection laser radar, radiometry, Fourier/wave optics, beam propagation, and/or atmospheric sciences, optical detection, signal/image processing).

• Field-related contacts/network.

• Ideally experienced with both product development and technology development organizations.

• Expertise in directed energy systems is desired.

• Technical leadership of passive and active optical hardware transition to high TRL (for terrestrial, airborne, and/or space applications).

• Current TS/SCI clearance

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

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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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Experienced Professional

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