Space Vehicle (SV) Systems Design Lead

Lockheed Martin•Littleton, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. Lockheed Martin has new opportunities that provide you with a chance to challenge the status quo and transform our mission. Due to the classified nature of this opportunity, we're not at liberty to share everything you’ll do on this program, but know that you will play a part in building end-to-end solutions and redefining the mission segment. We're in search of a dedicated SV Systems Design Lead to join the team in Denver, Colorado. This is a "Ground floor" opportunity on a new program award with a rapid Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and risk balanced posture to accelerated delivered capability. This is a flagship program leveraging LM Space MBSE, MBE, and Digital Enterprise initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Physics or related discipline, or equivalent experience
Significant experience in satellite design, integration, test and/or operations
Leadership in 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
Must be a US Citizen for consideration

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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 and 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