Systems Engineer Sr Stf - E5
The posting names a TS/SCI clearance.
The posting offers a 9/80, 4/10 or other compressed week. More with a 9/80 schedule
About the role
Standard Job Description
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!
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.
Responsibilities
- Serves as the Program Execution Manager, leading a team of 5-8 engineers developing CONOPS, designs, and technology insertion plans for current and future PNT systems
- Drives execution of customer funded capability insertion efforts and works daily with GPS chief engineering, architects, and SMEs
- Manages overall technology insertion cost, schedule, and technical performance based on capability insertion roadmaps
- Partner with GPS SEIT, Bus, Payload, and ATLO teams to ensure technology insertion plans align with GPS IIIF production schedules
- Maintain an excellent understanding of GPS space, ground, and user segments and technical roadmaps, with the ability to aid Product Owners in addressing specific technical challenges
- Represent LM across DoW, DoT, and DoE related stakeholders and champions insertion of new technology and capability into the GPS enterprise
- Lead major technology transition efforts through design, development, qualification and overall transition to the GPS IIIF production team
- Lead development of Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost and schedule estimates as well as lead Request for Proposal (RFP) and offer development efforts
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college
- Interim Top Secret Clearance Required with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI
- 10+ years of technical and leadership experience with demonstrated expertise in strategy development, systems engineering, and development of integrated hardware/software solutions.
Desired Skills
- 5+ years of professional experience designing, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging RF, Optical, or Digital Processor systems
- Experience leading multi-disciplined team through product development and qualification
- Demonstrated ability to develop technical roadmaps, schedules, and tasking and effectively communicate to team
- Strong background in Systems Engineering associated with complex systems comprised of RF, Optical, or Digital Processor based systems
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with Agile or SAFe principals
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.
Copied from the listing Lockheed Martin published, verified 31 Oct 2026.
About Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Space builds GPS and missile warning satellites, NASA's Orion crew capsule and deep space probes.
Littleton is home to Lockheed Martin's Waterton Canyon space campus, for production, engineering and testing, where it built a $350 million satellite production facility. (Source: Denver7)
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