Systems Engineer Asc E1 - Cape Canaveral FL

VetJobs; Florida; On-site; USD 58,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space in Cape Canaveral, FL is seeking an experienced System Engineer for the Flight Test Planning branch. This on-site role supports the FBM program, requiring active Secret clearance with potential to obtain Top Secret, and US citizenship.

Responsibilities include creating and managing technical documents, organizing government reviews, and ensuring security compliance for audit and flight-test teams while shaping total system solutions within cost and schedule constraints.

Qualifications

• Exceptional ability to communicate highly technical information.
• MS Office proficiency for basic documentation and reporting.
• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage technical documents, providing feedback to data packages to support peer and customer reviews.
• Organize working groups and tabletop reviews with government counterparts.
• Oversee security compliance and ensure proper access authorizations for audit and flight-test teams.

Skills

Exceptional communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Security clearance knowledge

Customer interaction

Education

High School/GED

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

Job Details

• Position Location(s): Cape Canaveral, FL
• Shift: 1
• Relocation: No
• Level Of Experience: Experienced Professional
• Clearance Required to Start: Secret
• Telework: Employee will work Onsite Full Time
• Functional Area: Ent Engineering Executive Staff
• FT/PT/Casual: FullTime
• Business Area: Space
• Salary Range: $58,200.00 - $108,200.00
• Final Clearance for the Role: Top Secret
• Date Posted: October 15, 2026
• Requisition ID: 18284
• Full-Time Salary Range: $58200.00 - $108200.00

Standard Job Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

For over 70 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

As a System Engineer for the Flight Test Planning branch of System Test you will:

• Create and manage technical documents, providing feedback to data packages to support peer and customer reviews
• Organize working groups and tabletop reviews with government counterparts
• Oversee security compliance and ensure proper access authorizations for audit and flight-test teams

This reflects the standard job description for this position: 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.

Auto req ID

485871BR

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Basic Qualifications

• Exceptional ability to communicate highly technical information
• Knowledge of MS Office Products, (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Active Secret security clearance with ability to obtain a Top Secret; US Citizenship required

Desired Skills

• Bachelors degree or experience creating and managing technical documentation and data
• Ability to collaborate seamlessly with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions while cultivating a culture of shared ownership and collective accountability
• Customer interaction and familiarity with the DoD Flight Tests
• Working knowledge of test planning, and execution
• Familiarity with the Trident II D5LE Missile

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $58200.00 - $108200.00

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other

City: Cape Canaveral

State: Florida

Job Category: Operations

Job Code: Manufacturing Manufacturing

Affiliate Sponsor: Lockheed Martin