Senior Systems Engineer, Space Vehicle Architect (TS/SCI)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Flexible work

401(k) match

PTO

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado is seeking a Senior SV Systems Design Lead to drive architecture, CONOPS, and verification for a new space vehicle program.

You will lead cross-functional teams, perform system trades, ensure requirements flow to hardware and software, and manage reviews from SRR to CDR. This role offers mission-critical impact, advanced MBSE, and close collaboration with customers and leadership.

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.

Responsibilities

• Establish system architecture and CONOPS, perform system trades and analysis, flow down the architecture and CONOPS into requirements and interfaces, and support verification planning.
• Drive the development and verification of Space Vehicle requirements.
• Ensure the logical and detailed conversion of customer requirements into total systems solutions.
• Oversee Element Level and below CPEs/RSEs for hardware, software, and databases to assure compliance with the spacecraft level technical baseline.
• Drive space vehicle certification.
• Effectively communicate to program and customer management.
• Travel occasionally as needed to achieve program goals.
• Participate in developing and executing critical development program key reviews such as SRR, SDR, PDR and CDR, communicating to program and customer management and executive leadership and in formal reviews.
• Drive all SV performance and integration activities (including support of all satellite testing) culminating in final certification of the satellite for Launch.

Skills

System architecture

Leadership

Space vehicle requirements

Communication

Team coordination

MBSE

AI prompting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics or related discipline

Tools

MBSE tooling

MBE

Digital Enterprise

Job description

Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado is seeking a Senior SV Systems Design Lead to drive architecture, CONOPS, and verification for a new space vehicle program.

You will lead cross-functional teams, perform system trades, ensure requirements flow to hardware and software, and manage reviews from SRR to CDR. This role offers mission-critical impact, advanced MBSE, and close collaboration with customers and leadership.