Senior Project Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

401(k) match

Paid time off and holidays

Parental Leave

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer within the C2BMC team to drive MBSE-driven development for the Missile Defense System. You will translate stakeholder needs into technical concepts, lead interface development, and support formal engineering reviews.

You will collaborate with customers and internal teams in an agile environment, ensuring schedules, estimates, and design integrity are maintained while advancing critical defense capabilities.

Qualifications

• Final secret clearance required.
• Experience in systems engineering/architecture.
• Experience eliciting customer needs and requirements.
• Experience with MBSE approaches and tools (e.g. Cameo).

Responsibilities

• Lead scheduling and tracking deadlines.
• Transform stakeholder needs into technical approaches.
• Elicit and decompose requirements using use cases and diagrams.
• Model systems using MBSE methods and tools.
• Develop and review interface documents (ICDs/IDDs).
• Support engineering reviews and documentation.
• Interface with key stakeholders, including MDA.
• Participate in Agile planning and execution.

Skills

Systems Engineering/Architecture

Customer interaction

MBSE approaches & tools

Tools

Cameo

Job description

What We’re Doing

Our team, the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) 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, the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) 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

Requirements

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:

• Spearheading scheduling and tracking deadlines.
• 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.

Who We Are

As leaders of the C2BMC team, Lockheed Martin partners with industry leaders to develop and field the backbone of America's missile defense. Our national team supports the design, development, testing, integration and fielding of hardware and software elements essential for the effective operation of the Missile Defense System (MDS). You will have opportunities to interface directly with key customers, including the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Who You Are

You are a dedicated professional with a strong background in system engineering and a passion for missile defense technologies. You thrive in collaborative environments and are adept at working under technical direction to implement innovative solutions.

Why Join Us

• Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life
• At Lockheed Martin, we prioritize the well-being of our employees. We offer flexible schedules, competitive pay, and a comprehensive benefits package to support your healthy, fulfilling life both at and outside of work

Coordinates planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates engineering program; reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. Evaluates and approves design changes, specification and drawing releases. Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.

Basic Qualifications

• A final secret clearance is required for consideration.
• Possess Systems Engineering/Architecture Experience.
• Experience regularly interacting with the customer, specifically in elicitation of customer needs and requirements.
• Experience with using MBSE approaches and tools (e.g. Cameo, etc.).

Desired Skills

• PMP Certification highly desired but not required.
• Experience with concept development and requirement decomposition.
• Experience working on tasks where failure to achieve good results normally results in program delays and wasted expenditure of resources.
• Experience with one or more elements of the Missile Defense System.
• Experience with one or more elements involved in Space Defense, Space Domain Awareness, or other Space Missions.
• Experience with complex Command and Control Systems, especially those with heavy networking capabilities.
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate (written and verbal) with others, present technical content, and receive critical feedback.
• Ability to support short-notice and/or urgent tasks without a loss of efficiency.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow - both professionally and personally.

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.