Systems Engineering Asc Mgr - L4

About the Role

The Lockheed Martin Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team supports the U.S. Navy’s mission to provide an affordable and credible strategic defense. This role offers the opportunity to work on a program with a rich history and exciting future, contributing to significant growth and the delivery of new technologies while maintaining the technical requirements of strategic deterrence.

The Systems Engineering, Associate Manager will lead the development and verification of subsystems level requirements and the integration and test of avionics subsystems. This position requires a strong background in systems engineering, with expertise in requirements development, verification, validation, integration, and test.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and verification of subsystems level requirements, ensuring they are complete, consistent, and compliant with program requirements and standards.
• Develop and maintain subsystems level requirements documentation, including requirements specifications, interface control documents, and test plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including systems engineering, design engineering, and test engineering, to ensure proper integration and testing of subsystems level requirements.
• Plan and execute integration and test activities, including the development of test plans, test procedures, and test reports.
• Lead the identification and mitigation of technical risks associated with subsystems level requirements and integration and test activities.
• Collaborate with program management to develop and maintain program schedules, budgets, and resource allocation plans.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to a team of systems engineers, including mentoring and coaching to develop their skills and expertise.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, such as design engineering, test engineering, and manufacturing engineering, to ensure proper integration and testing of subsystems level requirements.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk analyses, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Coordinate subordinate employee recruitment, selection, training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions.
• Perform analyses at all levels of total system product lifecycle, including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Requirements

• Strong background in systems engineering principles, including functional analysis and system design.
• Experience leading multi-disciplined technical teams.
• Active or current DoD Secret Clearance required prior to start; ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and technical skills, with the ability to lead and motivate a team of systems engineers.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify and mitigate technical risks.
• Experience with subsystems level requirements development, verification, validation, integration, and test.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (desired).
• 8+ years of systems engineering experience, with a focus on requirements development, verification, validation, integration, and test.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies, such as SysML and UML.
• Proficiency with requirements management tools, such as DOORS.
• Strong knowledge of program management principles, including scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $118,000.00 - $219,100.00. The salary offered considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, and market considerations.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10 workweek).
• 401(k) match.
• Paid time off, holidays, and 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 (performance-based and not guaranteed).

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.