Systems Engineer; Combat - Early Career

Job Overview: Lockheed Martin Rotary & Mission Systems is seeking a full‑time Systems Engineer (Combat) – Early Career. In this role you will design, integrate, and test Command, Control and Communications (C3) systems, which perform functions such as radar and sensor management, track filtering, correlation/association, multi‑link communication, threat evaluation, and weapon system command for target engagement.

Responsibilities: Work on C3 system design, development, and verification; develop algorithms and test procedures; troubleshoot integration issues; collaborate with software and hardware teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a comparable STEM discipline.
• Foundation in systems‑engineering principles: requirements allocation, traceability, authoring; system design and algorithm development; test‑data analysis; and system integration and verification.
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or comparable scripting languages for analysis, modeling, and automation.
• U.S. citizenship required; position requires a government security clearance and is located at a special‑access facility.

Preferred

Skills:

• Experience with model‑based systems engineering (activity/sequence diagrams, etc.).
• Knowledge of algorithm development, data analysis, and system test.
• Experience with formal requirements verification, test procedure and test script development, and defect root‑cause analysis.
• Familiarity with agile software development methods and tools such as JIRA and Git.
• Experience with system integration and testing; interfacing with software teams.
• Familiarity with UNIX/Linux operating systems.

Security Clearance: Government clearance required; U.S. citizenship required.

Work Location &

Schedule:

Onsite full‑time at a Lockheed Martin facility; schedule: 4×10 hour day with 3 days off per week.

Salary & Benefits: New Jersey base range $61,500 – $110,909. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Lockheed Martin is an equal‑opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

Additional Information: Experience level: 4 years and up (college); business unit: RMS; relocation possible; career area:
Systems Engineering – Design and Verification; type: full‑time; shift: first.