Applying to Lockheed Martin · researched 30 Oct 2026
How to apply to Lockheed Martin
Search Lockheed Martin's open roles on its own careers site and apply with a resume tailored to the role, then expect a review against the role's requirements, virtual or in-person interviews with recruiters, hiring managers and team members in the STAR format, and a role-specific background check before the offer.
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 1,632 open Lockheed Martin roles; typical pay across them is $108k to $270k a year (median $137k).
The Lockheed Martin application, one step at a time
Researched Oct 2026Search Lockheed Martin's open roles on its own careers site and apply with a resume tailored to the role, then expect a review against the role's requirements, virtual or in-person interviews with recruiters, hiring managers and team members in the STAR format, and a role-specific background check before the offer.
Who can apply
- Each posting states its own requirements, including any U.S. citizenship or security clearance the role needs; the share of Lockheed Martin's open space postings that name one is in the research below.
- A selected candidate goes through a role-specific background check before the offer, and a role that needs a security clearance through that process too.
Step by step
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Find a role and apply on Lockheed Martin's careers site
Search the open roles by your skills, goals and interests on Lockheed Martin's own careers site and apply there, with a resume tailored to the job that shows why you fit it.
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Ask for a referral if you know someone there
If you know someone at Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin suggests asking them to submit a referral on your behalf.
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Application review
Lockheed Martin reviews the applications that closely match the role's requirements and contacts applicants where there is a fit. You can check your status at any time by logging into your profile.
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Interviews
Interviews may be virtual or in person, with recruiters, hiring managers and team members. Interviewers use the STAR format (situation, task, action, result) to learn about your experience.
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Background check, then the offer
If you are selected, you go through a role-specific background check; once it is done, Lockheed Martin moves to the offer and onboarding. Background checks and security clearances take time and vary by role.
Lockheed Martin's interviews
Virtual or in-person interviews with recruiters, hiring managers and team members, who use the STAR format to learn as much as possible about your experience.
Format
Behavioral interviews in the STAR format, virtual or in person
How to prepare
- Bring concrete examples from your work, each told as the situation, the task, what you did and the result.
- Prepare questions of your own: Lockheed Martin's advice is to bring examples, be real and ask questions.
Lockheed Martin publishes no timeline: background checks and security clearances take time and vary by role, and it says it works to keep things moving as fast as those processes allow.
Tips to get hired
- Lockheed Martin fills its roles through its own internal Talent Acquisition Organization, and its careers pages carry a warning on recruitment fraud: an offer that arrives any other way deserves a check.
- Your application status is in your profile on Lockheed Martin's careers site; there is no need to wait for an email to know where it stands.
What isn't public
- Lockheed Martin's hiring page states no timeline from application to offer.
- The page names no assessment or test before the interviews, and does not describe the citizenship requirements, which each posting states for its role.
What our research measures about Lockheed Martin's postings
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring953 open roles, 6.0% of all the space roles we read, across 14 kinds of work; 247 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply48.9% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 78.4% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience2.3% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 13.4% name a master's or PhD.
- Degrees and experience17 of its open postings count military experience toward what they ask.
- Pay transparency97.3% of the postings state their pay, at a median $137,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level41 open roles are for someone starting out (4.3% of its open roles), 10 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel5.7% of the postings ask for weekend work, 3.8% for overtime or extended hours, and 3.3% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
- Shifts, weekends and travel8 of its open postings say none is offered.
Current Lockheed Martin openings
All 1,632 open rolesSoftware Engineer Intern - Summer 2027 (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Sunnyvale, CA, United States· 4d agoDetails
$25.18–$35.19/hrCyber Systems Security Engineering Sr Mgr - L6 (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Huntsville, AL· 1mo agoDetails
$182,500–$338,900/yrInformation Systems Security Officer - E4 (opens the job details)
Software & IT · King of Prussia, PA, United States· 3w agoDetails
$118,000–$219,100/yrInformation Systems Security Officer, Classified Cybersecurity (opens the job details)
Software & IT · King of Prussia, PA, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$118,000–$219,100/yrProgram Security Manager - L5 (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Littleton, CO, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$123,400–$229,200/yrCyber Systems Security Engineering Asc Mgr - L4 (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Huntsville, AL· 1mo agoDetails
$120,600–$224,000/yr
Applying to Lockheed Martin: questions
How do I apply to Lockheed Martin?
On Lockheed Martin's own careers site: search the open roles, apply with a resume tailored to the job and, if you know someone there, ask them to submit a referral.
What interview format does Lockheed Martin use?
Interviews may be virtual or in person, with recruiters, hiring managers and team members, and interviewers use the STAR format to learn about your experience.
Does Lockheed Martin run a background check?
Yes. A selected candidate goes through a role-specific background check before the offer and onboarding; checks and security clearances take time and vary by role.
How do I check my Lockheed Martin application status?
Log into your profile on Lockheed Martin's careers site, where the status of each application is shown.
How soon does Lockheed Martin reply to an application?
Lockheed Martin publishes no timeline: background checks and security clearances take time and vary by role, and it says it works to keep things moving as fast as those processes allow.