RF Senior Systems Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 229,000 - 381,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a highly experienced System Engineer for the Cyber & Intelligence domain. The role involves planning, designing, developing, validating and verifying cyber solutions across the lifecycle, including risk assessment and threat modeling.

You will work with cyber architects and developers to ensure robust security designs and compliance with requirements. The position requires a Top Secret SCI with Polygraph, extensive SE experience, and a degree in engineering.

Qualifications

• Current DoD Top Secret SCI with Polygraph required.
• Twenty (20) years of Systems Engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering field or related discipline. Four (4) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Or a Master's degree in a Qualified Engineering field and eighteen (18) years of Systems Engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform systems engineering activities across ISO/IEC 15288 processes and develop multiple work products.
• Analyze technical alternatives and provide preliminary recommendations.
• Coordinate cyber risk assessments including threat modeling and vulnerability analysis.
• Develop, validate and verify cyber solutions across lifecycle and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Collaborate with cyber architects and developers to oversee solution development.

Skills

Signals analysis

RF engineering

Systems thinking

Threat modeling

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering (Qualified field)

Master's in Engineering (optional)

Tools

Linux

Vita-49

DRT

Whistle

SOTF protocols

Job description

What We’re Doing:

Lockheed Martin, Cyber & Intelligence invites you to step up to one of today’s most daunting challenges: the use of advanced electronics to undermine our way of life. As a cyber security professional at Lockheed Martin, you’ll protect the networks that our citizens and the world depend upon each minute: Financial assets. Healthcare information. Critical infrastructure. Hazardous materials. The uninterrupted flow of energy that keeps modern life moving. Here, you’ll work with cybersecurity experts on the forefront of threat protection and proactive prevention. In this fast-paced, real-world environment, you’ll draw on all your education and experience as well as the resources of Lockheed Martin to keep the threats at bay.

Standard Job Description

What We’re Doing:

Lockheed Martin, Cyber & Intelligence invites you to step up to one of today’s most daunting challenges: the use of advanced electronics to undermine our way of life. As a cyber security professional at Lockheed Martin, you’ll protect the networks that our citizens and the world depend upon each minute: Financial assets. Healthcare information. Critical infrastructure. Hazardous materials. The uninterrupted flow of energy that keeps modern life moving. Here, you’ll work with cybersecurity experts on the forefront of threat protection and proactive prevention. In this fast-paced, real-world environment, you’ll draw on all your education and experience as well as the resources of Lockheed Martin to keep the threats at bay.

Who We Are

Our team is solving the tough challenges and pushing the boundaries of technology to help our customer achieve its mission.

Why Join Us

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

We support our employees, so they can support our mission.

The Work

The Level 6 System Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

• Perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of a work product in Technical Process Areas associated with the ISO/IEC 15288.
• Develop and deliver a work product in any of the ISO/IEC 15288 Process Areas.
• Perform analysis of technical alternatives for a project and make preliminary recommendations.
• Assist in performing systems engineering activities in the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas.
• Perform systems engineering activities and assist in the preparation of multiple work products in Project and/or Technical Process Areas associated with any of the ISO/IEC 15288 processes.
• Perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products in each of the ISO/IEC 15288 Project and Technical Process Areas.
• Independently analyze, and recommend alternatives for elements of project’s technical design.
• Perform systems engineering activities and develop and deliver work products of either the ISO/IEC 15288 Agreement or Enterprise Process Areas.
• Assist in developing a new or innovative approach to a technical or engineering issue.

Responsible for applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, validate and verify Cyber solutions across the lifecycle. Conduct cyber risk assessment activities including threat modeling, vulnerability analysis and analysis of mitigation solutions. Coordinates and addresses Supply Chain risk management concerns. Develop, evaluate and analyze design constrains, trade-offs and detailed system and security design as they pertain to the Cyber domain. Coordinate with Cyber and system architects and developers to provide oversight in the development of solutions. Conduct cybersecurity test and evaluation of hardware and/or software designs to verify and validate compliance with defined specifications and requirements. Employs cyber security processes, methods, techniques and tools and assure their consistent application. Implements appropriate Assessment and Authorization activities as required by customers.

Basic Qualifications

Current DoD Top Secret SCI with Polygraph required

Twenty (20) years of Systems Engineering experience. Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering field or related discipline. Four (4) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. Or A Master's degree in a Qualified Engineering field and eighteen (18) years of Systems Engineering experience.

Requirements

• Signals analysis: Digital telecommunications systems to include CEPT, payload data and signals structures
• Processing DMR data using Lopers, and Circuit Raptor
• Experience on processing survey data from recordings in IF to RF, Vita-49, capture of snapshots, processing for data validation using software demods to find signal parameters.
• Cellular communications experience in 2G/3G/4G systems, PIT radios for processing.
• Experience in processing data using DRT, Whistle, Salvage, BSAW
• Experience using DRT for surveys and variety of hardware and signal processing cards
• Operating systems: Experience using communicating and troubleshooting systems using Linux rel 7, rel 8 and rocky 9
• Experience on Data Flow, Niagara Files configuration, troubleshooting NIFI outages.
• RF Engineering – At least 10 years of experience on microwave systems, microwave collection, proficient on RF testing such as low-noise amplifiers, filters, combiners, bias-tee, integration of antennas, positioners, low-loss cables, RF adapters, knowledge of E-Band.
• At least 10 years of experience on Antennaes and feeds and their performance, characterize gains and VSRW over operational range use of block down-converters
• At least 10 years of experience on testing 6-44Ghz microwave equipment such as receivers, demodulators using Vita-49, SOTF protocols

Desired Skills

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $205300.00 - $381300.00

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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.