Senior Satellite Mission Engineer TS/SCI (Staff)

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin seeks a talented Satellite Mission Engineer (Level 4) with an active TS/SCI w/ Poly clearance to support operations from Fort Belvoir, VA. The role focuses on real-time spacecraft flight operations, orbit dynamics, and mission support across readiness, execution, and evaluation phases.

You will develop procedures, provide technical direction for on-orbit support, and coordinate with multiple sites to implement mission-ready capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience or understanding of spacecraft operations.
• Experience supporting critical operations.
• An active TS/SCI w Poly clearance is required for consideration.
• Experience in System integration, Planning, Software testing, System modeling or analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conducts mission/program specific real time spacecraft/satellite flight operations during readiness, execution and evaluation phases.
• Develops detailed plans and procedures to provide maximum mission support in areas such as orbit dynamics and satellite performance analysis.
• Provides technical direction for on orbit mission support and plans for critical vehicle malfunctions.
• Provides failure analysis of the performance of the orbiting satellites via telemetry data.
• Utilizes system software to accomplish all spacecraft control tasks and recommends improvements.
• Analyzes and validates software performance.
• Performs flight length orbit adjust and daily special event studies.
• Lead a small shift team.

Skills

Spacecraft operations knowledge

Critical operations experience

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Cross-site collaboration

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

MATLAB

Python

MS Office

Job description

Lockheed Martin seeks a talented Satellite Mission Engineer (Level 4) with an active TS/SCI w/ Poly clearance to support operations from Fort Belvoir, VA. The role focuses on real-time spacecraft flight operations, orbit dynamics, and mission support across readiness, execution, and evaluation phases.

You will develop procedures, provide technical direction for on-orbit support, and coordinate with multiple sites to implement mission-ready capabilities.