Standard Job Description
You will be the Systems Engineer Senior Staff - Level 5 for the Skunk Works Systems Engineering team which is responsible for advancing cutting‑edge mission systems. You are an established technical leader with extensive experience in mission systems and systems engineering processes. You excel at communicating complex concepts, mentoring engineers, and driving innovative solutions. Your track record includes leading product elements through development, production, and sustainment, and you thrive in environments that require creative, independent thinking.
What You Will Be Doing
As the Systems Engineer Senior Staff - Level 5 you will be responsible for driving technical solutions in mission systems applications across multiple programs within a portfolio spanning the product lifecycle. You will partner with program management, suppliers, and cross‑functional teams to ensure technical integrity and successful delivery. This role requires independent drive, minimal supervision, adaptability to evolving priorities, and the ability to lead tasks to successful completion while interfacing directly with customers and internal stakeholders. This position is full-time onsite in Palmdale, California with occasional travel to government customer, supplier, and other partner sites
Your responsibilities will include:
- Guiding engineering personnel in requirements development, decomposition, tracking, and verification.
- Chairing Functional Configuration Audits and leading risk assessments and mitigation efforts.
- Developing supplier specifications, technical plans, and verifying requirements.
- Providing systems and subsystem integration/test support and collaborating with program management.
- Applying Earned Value Measurement Systems (EVMS) and driving technical leadership across product phases.
- Authoring and managing Statements of Work (SOWs) and Engineering Requirements Documents (ERDs) for subcontractors and vendors.
Further Information About This Opportunity
This position is in Palmdale, CA.
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must possess an active Top Secret clearance to start.
Standard Description
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.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree Or Above from an accredited university in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering degree.
- Leading systems engineering activities and processes within cost and schedule constraints.
- Requirements generation and decomposition, tracking, and verification/validation using the DOORS database tool.
Desired Skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience in customer interactions
- Ability to work with different engineering disciplines and suppliers to derive, decompose, and verify requirements
- Experience as a technical team lead or leading an IPT
- Experience with model based engineering and model based development environments.
- Experience developing a system architecture
- Knowledge of Agile SAFe methodology
- Work experience with operational modeling tools within the confines of a Risk Managed Framework (RMF)
- Experience with Mission Systems applications
- Previous integration and test experience.
- Control Account Manager (CAM) experience; CAM-Certification
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $145100.00 - $269500.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.