Model Based Systems Engineer Staff (Secret Clearance)

Lockheed Martin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Systems Engineer to drive early-phase concepts and MBSE-based design within a government-cleared team. You will transform stakeholder needs into technical approaches, perform requirements elicitation, and develop robust interfaces while engaging with the customer and agile teams.

The role emphasizes MBSE, ICD/IDD interface work, and formal reviews, with opportunities to contribute across the EDL lifecycle and travel to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Final secret clearance is required for consideration.
• Experience in an integrated team covering the full Systems Engineering Development Lifecycle.
• Proven experience eliciting needs and defining requirements with customers.
• Hands-on work with missile defense or space defense elements.
• Proficiency in MBSE using tools such as Cameo.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of new system concepts from stakeholder needs to technical approaches.
• Elicit and decompose requirements using use cases and diagrams.
• Lead MBSE modeling to capture the system under development.
• Lead interface development via ICDs and IDDs to coordinate interfaces.
• Support formal and informal engineering technical reviews.
• Create and critique interface documents, system requirements, verification docs, and estimates.
• Interface with the MDA customer and counterparts as required.
• Participate in Agile planning and execution.

Skills

MBSE

Interface Design

Systems Engineering

Agile Methods

Customer Interaction

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Job description

WHAT WE'RE DOING

Our team at Lockheed Martin, is dedicated to engineering, developing, and integrating new capabilities for the Missile Defense System that protects the United States and its allies. While we are part of a large organization, we operate within smaller, agile teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Our responsibilities include Sensor/Weapon Integration, Algorithm Development, User Interface Development, Automated Testing, Cyber Security, and enhancing critical missile defense technologies.

Standard Job Description

WHAT WE'RE DOING

Our team at Lockheed Martin, is dedicated to engineering, developing, and integrating new capabilities for the Missile Defense System that protects the United States and its allies. While we are part of a large organization, we operate within smaller, agile teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Our responsibilities include Sensor/Weapon Integration, Algorithm Development, User Interface Development, Automated Testing, Cyber Security, and enhancing critical missile defense technologies.

THE WORK

This Position Will Perform Some Or All Of The Following Duties, Concentrating On Early-phase (concept, Requirements, And Design) Activities Of The Systems-Engineering Development Lifecycle:

• Lead the development of new system concepts by transforming stakeholder needs, acquired through documentation and solicitation, into easily reviewable technical approaches.
• Perform requirements elicitation and decomposition using behavioral artifacts such as use cases, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams to convey understanding of the required behaviors and performance of the system under development.
• Lead the development of physical and logical system models capturing the system under development utilizing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools.
• Lead system interface development, as captured in Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Descriptions (IDDs), by converting system and interface requirements into message-level details sufficient to coordinate interface development.
• Support formal and informal engineering technical reviews.
• Create, review and critique interface documents, system requirements, verification documentation, architectural documentation, and engineering estimates.
• Interface with key stakeholders, including the MDA customer and working-level counterparts, as-required.
• Participate in Agile development planning and execution, including iteration planning and status reporting.

PLEASE NOTE

• This position requires a government security clearance; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.
• The role will involve approximately 10% travel to customer sites throughout the U.S.

WHY JOIN US

• Excellent benefits and amenities.
• Ongoing career development and support.
• Rewards and recognition for your hard work.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off for work/life balance.
• Mentorship opportunities

Standard Job 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

• A final secret clearance is required for consideration.
• Experience in an integrated team, covering the full Systems Engineering Development Lifecycle.
• Proven experience interacting directly with customers to elicit needs and define requirements.
• Hands on work with missile defense, space defense (Space Domain Awareness), or other similar space mission elements.
• Proficiency in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using tools such as Cameo, etc.

Desired Skills

• Strong prior experience with use of MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS.
• Demonstrated experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or similar domains (air combat, air defense, intercept of ballistic targets, intercept of non-ballistic targets, space vehicles, suborbital mechanics, etc.).
• Knowledge of ballistic and advanced threat systems (e.g., aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.).
• Modeling and analysis experience in aspects of the missile defense system (e.g., Aegis Weapons Systems, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Glide Phase Intercept (GPI), Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS), Fire Control, C2BMC, MDS sensors (EO/IR/RF), kill vehicles, interceptors, countermeasures, etc.).
• Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems.

Pay Information

GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States. Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role.

• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $131100.00 - $243500.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): $118000.00 - $219100.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): $104900.00 - $194700.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc.
• Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): $94400.00 - $175200.00
  • Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Ocala, FL; Lufkin, TX; etc.

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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.