Systems Engineer, Staff

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. 
 

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
 

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

For over 70 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

Our Team is seeking a Systems Engineer, Staff to join our Team in Littleton, CO or Titusville, FL to help distill system-level qualification approach and requirements down to the subsystems as appropriate.

In this role you will:

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of system-level qualification requirements and their application to subsystems
• Facilitate communication and coordination between qualification stakeholders, including subsystem integrators and test teams
• Support the development of qualification plans, procedures, and strategies that meet program needs
• Identify and help resolve qualification-related issues and risks across the system and subsystems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure qualification activities are properly planned, executed, and documented

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. For positions that perform IT responsibilities, use E646, Systems Engr-IT.

• Exceptional ability to communicate highly technical information to a variety of stakeholders, including government engineers and contractor leadership
• Familiarity with package hardware qualification
• Competency in reviewing design documentation
• Secret Clearance required prior to Start; US Citizenship required

• Knowledge and application of Systems Engineering processes and one or more Systems Integration functions including:
  • System trade studies and/or System modeling
  • Requirements and Interface Control Document (ICD) development
  • System Integration, Test and/or Verification
  • Test planning and execution 
  • Design review 
• Working knowledge of the Trident II D5LE Missile
• Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker; selects and applies appropriate systems thinking skills to solve very complex problems and implement constructive change
• Ability to absorb extensive technical detail and logically formulate solutions for execution on an inflexible schedule, often requiring integration of conflicting and, at times, incomplete data