Systems Engineer Prin - E6

About the role

Due to the classified nature of this opportunity, we're not at liberty to share everything you’ll do on this program, but know that you will play a part in building end-to-end solutions and redefining the mission segment. This is a "Ground floor" opportunity on a new program award with a rapid Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and risk-balanced posture to accelerate delivered capability. This is a flagship program leveraging Lockheed Martin Space MBSE, MBE, and Digital Enterprise initiatives.

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

• Establish system architecture and CONOPS, perform system trades and analysis, flow down the architecture and CONOPS into requirements and interfaces, and support verification planning
• Drive the development and verification of Space Vehicle requirements
• Ensure the logical and detailed conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions
• Oversee Element Level and below CPEs/RSEs for hardware, software, and databases to assure compliance with the spacecraft level technical baseline
• Drive space vehicle certification
• Effectively communicate to program and customer management
• Travel occasionally as needed to achieve program goals
• Participate in developing and executing critical development program key reviews such as SRR, SDR, PDR, and CDR, communicating to program and customer management and executive leadership in formal reviews
• Drive all SV performance and integration activities (including support of all satellite testing) culminating in final certification of the satellite for Launch

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Significant experience in satellite design, integration, test, and/or operations
• Leadership in driving technical issues/challenges to closure
• Proven satellite Certified Principal Engineer (CPE), Responsible Systems Engineer (RSE), or Chief Systems Engineer (CSE) experience
• Active or current TS or SCI security clearance

Skills

• Demonstrated success in early program development and transitioning into AI&T execution and delivery
• Strong technical initiative
• Ability to lead multi-functional teams and coordinate work as one team with common goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members, leadership, and customers
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, synergetic team environment
• Experience with satellite system and/or box-level test and analysis
• Experience working with mission CONOPS and how it evolves into the design reference mission (DRM), day in the life (DITL), or equivalent method of defining mission operations
• Experience shaping customer expectations and perceptions in a competitive proposal environment
• Recognized as an authority in systems thinking techniques with the demonstrated ability to apply them to a wide range of sophisticated problems and train others in their application
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice

Location

This position is in Denver, Colorado.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $178,500.00 - $331,500.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (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 (payments not guaranteed and vary based on performance metrics)

For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) 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.