Senior Space Vehicle Systems Architect & Design Lead

Lockheed Martin; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 179,000 - 332,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

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 Space is seeking a Senior SV Systems Design Lead for our Denver, CO program. You will establish system architecture, drive requirements and verification, and coordinate across hardware, software, and databases to meet mission-critical baselines.

You will lead certification efforts, participate in key reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR), and communicate with program management and customers. A TS/SCI clearance and strong leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in satellite design, integration, test and/or operations.
• Leadership in driving technical issues/challenges to closure.
• Active TS or SCI security clearance.
• Proven experience as Certified Principal Engineer (CPE), Responsible Systems Engineer (RSE), or Chief Systems Engineer (CSE).

Responsibilities

• Establish system architecture and CONOPS, flow down requirements and interfaces, and support verification planning.
• Drive the development and verification of Space Vehicle requirements.
• Ensure conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions.
• Oversee hardware, software, and databases to assure compliance with the spacecraft baseline.
• Drive space vehicle certification.
• Communicate effectively to program and customer management.
• Travel occasionally to achieve program goals.
• Develop and execute critical development program key reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR).
• Lead SV performance and integration activities culminating in satellite launch certification.

Skills

Satellite design

Leadership

Systems engineering

AI prompting

Communication

Education

Certified Principal Engineer (CPE)

Tools

MBSE

MBE

Digital Enterprise

Job description

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Senior SV Systems Design Lead for our Denver, CO program. You will establish system architecture, drive requirements and verification, and coordinate across hardware, software, and databases to meet mission-critical baselines.

You will lead certification efforts, participate in key reviews (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR), and communicate with program management and customers. A TS/SCI clearance and strong leadership are essential.