Integration & Test Lead/Manager - EADGE-T Tech Refresh

Lockheed Martin•Colorado Springs, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the EADGE-T team and help modernize an integrated air and missile defense and air battle management capability for the United Arab Emirates. As part of the EADGE-T UAE Tech Refresh, you'll help deliver hardware modernization and foundational cybersecurity enhancements that will shape the next generation of this mission-critical system. Working alongside an international customer, you'll play a key role in delivering capabilities that strengthen one of Lockheed Martin's premier international defense programs. EADGE-T is seeking a Systems Engineering Integration & Test Lead/Manager to lead the program's end-to-end integration and test strategy. In this role, you will develop and execute the overall Integration & Test (I&T) strategy and roadmap, partner with program leadership to define major integration and test milestones, success criteria, and execution plans, lead system integration, verification, validation, and customer acceptance activities across the program lifecycle, manage requirements verification, traceability, test methodologies, and engineering metrics, develop and maintain the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other integration and test planning artifacts, lead a team of Integration & Test engineers by assigning work, establishing priorities, and supporting technical execution, and monitor integration and test progress, communicate program status, identify risks, and drive corrective actions to ensure successful program execution.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end overall I&T strategy for complex system-of-systems.
Proven ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams, prioritize competing requirements, and drive program execution to meet customer objectives.
Demonstrated hands‑on systems‑engineering experience covering architecture, requirements allocation, design, integration, test, and the full product lifecycle.
Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build effective working relationships across functional boundaries.
Familiarity with export‑control regulations (ITAR/EAR).
Experience leading teams that generate technical deliverables (requirements documents, ICDs, test plans, validation reports).
Demonstrated experience crafting a project's overall I&T roadmap based on program milestones and stakeholder needs.
Experience defining relevant test strategies and approaches to meet project requirements.
Demonstrated I&T Experience crossing the hardware/software boundary and managing overall test strategy for both domains.
8+ years of relevant work experience (Advanced - Degree(s) may be substituted for some years of experience).
Strong integration skills with hands-on experience integrating large software complex systems.
This position requires a government security clearance at the Secret level; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.
This position is located in the United States but requires regular extended travel to the United Arab Emirates to support customer engagement, program execution, and relationship building.

Nice To Haves

Full‑spectrum leadership experience, including strategic direction for multinational engineering teams.
Direct experience with Command‑and‑Control (C2), Air Battle Management, or related system‑infrastructure programs.
Experience in developing formal test plans, procedures, and reports
Previous experience as a first-line manager for a distributed team
Use case and test development experience
Working knowledge of DOORS and Verification Cross - Reference Matrices
Experience with Integration and Test of full stack requirements
Prior engineering‑leadership role delivering complex development programs, using metrics, processes, and tools to drive results.
Proven track record coaching, mentoring, and developing critical skills of junior and senior engineers.
Experience refining existing engineering processes or creating new ones to support a transitioning team (e.g., the UAE TRP1 engineering team).
Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience with tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, or IBM Rational.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the overall Integration & Test (I&T) strategy and roadmap.
Partner with program leadership to define major integration and test milestones, success criteria, and execution plans.
Lead system integration, verification, validation, and customer acceptance activities across the program lifecycle.
Manage requirements verification, traceability, test methodologies, and engineering metrics.
Develop and maintain the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other integration and test planning artifacts.
Lead a team of Integration & Test engineers by assigning work, establishing priorities, and supporting technical execution.
Monitor integration and test progress, communicate program status, identify risks, and drive corrective actions to ensure successful program execution.