Senior Satellite Systems Engineer - Clearance Required

About the position

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 people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds' hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you. In this role as a Satellite Systems Engineer, Staff you will have the opportunity to conduct and lead mission/program-specific operations during readiness, execution, and evaluation phases. You will develop detailed plans and procedures to provide maximum mission support in areas such as orbit dynamics and performance analysis, provide technical direction for mission support, plan for critical activities, and provide alternate operating techniques. You will have the opportunity to work with different organizations and sites to implement various efforts across the IC. This includes resiliency test and tactics development as well as ops development. During the initial training period, the successful candidate will learn the system and may concurrently support tools creation, data analysis, and maintenance. This Position requires the completion of a formal training program and certification to perform duties. This position will require periodic off-hour shifts in support of program activities as well as on-call support. A TS/SCI with adjudicated polygraph is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and lead mission/program-specific operations during readiness, execution, and evaluation phases.
• Develop detailed plans and procedures to provide maximum mission support in areas such as orbit dynamics and performance analysis.
• Provide technical direction for mission support.
• Plan for critical activities and provide alternate operating techniques.
• Work with different organizations and sites to implement various efforts across the IC.
• Support tools creation, data analysis, and maintenance during the initial training period.

Requirements

• Experience or understanding of spacecraft operations.
• Experience supporting critical operations.
• Experience in system integration, planning, software testing, or system modeling/analysis.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with astrodynamics and orbital mechanics including classical orbital (Keplerian) elements.
• Understanding of Satellite maneuver tools/techniques.
• STK/orbital analysis program experience.
• Experience establishing customer intimacy.
• Problem solving, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work across sites.
• Microsoft Office proficiency (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint).
• Experience with MATLAB, SQL, HTML, Python, UNIX/Linux.

Benefits

• Paid Time off benefits.
• Flexible work schedules.