Senior Systems Engineer
Littleton, CO

Job Description

Description:The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space.

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world's hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus-if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Do you have an active Secret security clearance? Are you looking for an exciting career as a Systems Engineer at one of the top Aerospace and Defense Companies?

Be part of the team that is delivering Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and providing precision navigation and timing to the world. In this role you will work with experienced Mission Integrators and perform system engineering for core aspects of GPS satellites with a focus on electrical and hardware/software systems integration.

Typical assignments include:

* Identifying driving mission needs and requirements, generate and maintain system performance predictions, and work with product teams to ensure a complete requirements, design, and analysis baseline for the system and its components.
* Ensuring the product compliance with all program requirements. This includes defining and executing verification and validation tasks, and generating/evaluating evidence. Ensure the test program achieves the intent of the V&V plan.
* Drafting, reviewing, and releasing trade studies, specifications, technical memos, and other products in support of design reviews and contract deliverables.
* Defining on-orbit operations procedures and author on-board scripts/macros to accomplish mission objectives.
* Supporting space vehicle test and launch base processing. Support on-orbit operations post-launch.

Typically has 5 - 10 years of professional experience.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin cultivates an inclusive work environment that inspires differences and big-picture thinking.

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

* Medical
* Dental
* 401k
* Paid time off
* Work/life balance
* Career development
* Mentorship opportunities
* Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package.

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree or equivalent job experience in electrical engineering
* Ability to perform simple software scripting (for example, using MATLAB or a traditional programming language).
* Experience with multiple engineering disciplines or broad background in the physical sciences.
* Experience with the systems engineering lifecycle, including major design reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR
* Highly organized thinker, with the confirmed ability to decompose technical problems and work assignments into smaller executable steps
* Ability to interact effectively with a broad range of partners including peers, design engineers, and customers

Desired Skills:

* Possess engineering, test, and operational experience with spacecraft hardware and software in one or more of the following areas: Command and Telemetry Systems, Attitude Control Systems
* Experience with Satellite launch and operations
* Performing technical trade studies
* Authoring, decomposing, and verifying requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

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Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Experienced Professional