Space Vehicle; SV Systems Design Lead

Job Description

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, erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world.

• 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 or product 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 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.

Denver, Colorado

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in satellite design, integration, test and/or operations.
• Leadership experience driving technical issues/challenges to closure.
• Proven satellite Certified Principal Engineer (CPE), Responsible Systems Engineer (RSE), or Chief Systems Engineer (CSE) experience.
• Active or Current TS or SCI security clearance.

• Demonstrated success in early program development and transitioning into AI&T execution and delivery.
• Strong technical initiative.
• Ability to lead multi‑functional teams and lead multiple teams to communicate and coordinate work as one team with common goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members, leadership, and customers.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, synergetic team environment.
• Experience with satellite system and/or box level test and analysis.
• Experience working with mission CONOPS and how it evolves into the design reference mission (DRM), day in the life (DITL), or equivalent method of defining mission operations.
• Experience shaping customer expectations and perceptions in a competitive proposal environment.
• Recognized as an authority in systems thinking techniques with the demonstrated ability to apply them to a wide range of sophisticated problems and train others in their application.

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Clearance Level: Top Secret.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short‑Term Disability, Long‑Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Holidays.

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