Systems Engineer - E2

Standard Job Description

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.

The Lockheed Martin Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program seeks a self-starting and motivated System Engineer to serve as a System Integration Engineer for the D5LE2 Missile Program. In this role, you will work across the end-to-end Missile System. The ideal candidate for this role will have a basic understanding of system engineering principles and an eagerness to apply these principles in a Model Based Engineering development environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with multi-disciplinary teams (internal and/or external to Lockheed Martin) to design an integrated end-to-end Missile System.
• Support Systems Integration activities across the program lifecycle.
• Communicate unit level external interface definition across the end-to-end Missile System.
• Identify and correct external interface gaps amongst discrepant unit level design artifacts.
• Contribute and present at technical reviews, readiness assessments, and other system related events

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

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proven track record of demonstrating self-starting behavior on engineering projects.
• Understanding of Systems Integration and Engineering Processes.
• Active SECRET clearance; U.S. citizenship required and must be maintainable.

Desired Skills

• Exposure to model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools (e.g., Cameo, INCOSE) within a defense program environment.
• Experience with MBE system design tools (e.g., Zuken, Creo, Cameo, PSpice, MATLAB etc.)
• Experience performing integration activities in a rapid development environment.
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
• Active TOP SECRET clearance.