Senior Systems Engineer, Level 3

Senior Systems Engineer, Level 3

This position is in one of the coolest places to work: Cape Canaveral, Florida. 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. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

You will be a key member of the systems engineering team, performing environmental analysis, problem investigation, and coordinating directly with our Navy partners. This position will employ you to determine, manage, and assess how the missile system is fielded, requiring work within a diverse system life cycle spanning transport logistics, stowage in the boat, launch, and flight. As a Systems Engineer, you will:

• Facilitate team interaction among stakeholders
• Execute to team milestones & deliverables
• Generate, maintain, and negotiate deliverable schedule
• Establish system architecture and CONOPS, perform system level design and decomposition into requirements
• Coordinate analysis with flight sciences to support verification and investigations
• Perform system analysis and interface definition
• Perform systems/hardware integration, test planning, and execution
• Develop plans to on-ramp new mission capabilities while protecting the primary mission
• Lead and support design reviews, technical product reviews, and system safety review
• Support failure investigations and anomaly resolution boards
• Develop comprehensive solutions to sophisticated problems that connect the detailed, technical needs to transformational concepts and create opportunities for innovation
• Support Missile production and test activities at component manufacturers and the Strategic Weapons Facilities
• Drive anomaly investigations to closure
• Perform data reviews and provide feedback to test and integration teams
• Support systems/hardware integration, test planning, and execution and find opportunities for build flow and test efficiencies

Desired skills:

• Working knowledge of missile/spacecraft level electrical schematics, logic diagrams, and connector drawings
• Experience troubleshooting complex system level electrical test anomalies to root cause and corrective action
• Degree in Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent), INCOSE Certification, or relevant Graduate Certificate
• Familiar with Agile tools and methodology (JIRA) and demonstrated digital transformation experience
• Familiar with spacecraft/missile electrical architecture design, development, integration, test, with knowledge of space, missile, and launch systems at the component through system level
• Validated understanding of systems thinking skills and behaviors
• Proven track record of good judgment and programmatic execution vital to meet technical requirements while balancing schedules and budget obligations
• Ability to operate in a dynamic environment and tackle numerous roles as part of the daily program operations
• Demonstrated behaviors of a systems problem solver; selects and applies appropriate systems thinking skills to solve very sophisticated problems and implement constructive change
• Active Top Secret DoD security clearance

Other important information: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.