Sr Staff Model Based Systems Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 129,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Huntsville seeks a Systems Engineer to advance Missile Defense System concepts through early-phase activities. You will lead MBSE modeling, interface design, and requirements decomposition, coordinating with the MDA customer and project teams.

The role requires government security clearance and periodic travel to customer sites. You will contribute to system architecture, verification planning, and risk assessment in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Final secret clearance required.
• Experience in an integrated team across the Systems Engineering Development Lifecycle.
• Proven ability to elicit needs and define requirements from customers.
• Hands-on work with missile defense, space defense, or related domains.
• Proficiency in MBSE using tools such as Cameo or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new system concepts from stakeholder needs into technical approaches.
• Elicit and decompose requirements using use cases, diagrams, and sequences.
• Model physical and logical systems using MBSE approaches and tools.
• Lead interface development via ICDs and IDDs, detailing message-level specs.
• Support formal and informal engineering reviews.
• Create and critique interface documents, requirements, verification docs, and estimates.
• Interface with stakeholders, including customers and working-level counterparts.
• Participate in Agile planning and execution.

Skills

MBSE

Customer elicitation

System modeling

Interface development

Agile planning

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Job description

What We're Doing

Our 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 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:

• 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.

Please Note

• This position requires a government security clearance; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.
• The role will involve approximately 10% travel to customer sites throughout the U.S.

Why Join Us

• Excellent benefits and amenities.
• Ongoing career development and support.
• Rewards and recognition for your hard work.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off for work/life balance.
• Mentorship opportunities

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. For positions that perform IT responsibilities, use E646, Systems Engr-IT.

Basic Qualifications

• A final secret clearance is required for consideration.
• Experience in an integrated team, covering the full Systems Engineering Development Lifecycle.
• Proven experience interacting directly with customers to elicit needs and define requirements.
• Hands on work with missile defense, space defense (Space Domain Awareness), or other similar space mission elements.
• Proficiency in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using tools such as Cameo, etc.

Desired Skills

• Strong prior experience with use of MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS.
• Demonstrated experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or similar domains (air combat, air defense, intercept of ballistic targets, intercept of non-ballistic targets, space vehicles, suborbital mechanics, etc.).
• Knowledge of ballistic and advanced threat systems (e.g., aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.).
• Modeling and analysis experience in aspects of the missile defense system (e.g., Aegis Weapons Systems, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Glide Phase Intercept (GPI), Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS), Fire Control, C2BMC, MDS sensors (EO/IR/RF), kill vehicles, interceptors, countermeasures, etc.).
• Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems.
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $129000.00 - $239600.00

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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.