Systems Engineer Associate - Early Career

Lockheed Martin•Boulder, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours. Curious where the nation is going with Overhead Persistent Infrared? Join Lockheed Martin's team that crafts and builds the current and future generation of space systems that creatively combines satellite technology, sophisticated sensors, and data processing to provide crucial global infrared data 24/7. This mission advises Presidential decisions and defends the US and its allies in a rapidly evolving environment. Help us advance our OPIR designs and deliver survivable satellites with nuclear-hardened electronics, sophisticated communications, resiliency and cyber security. OPIR is a mission area where you can make big things happen and solve some of the country’s hardest problems. Come join a team that has a vision for the future of space and knows what it takes to get there. Lockheed Martin is looking for an energetic Systems Engineer to join the team in Boulder or Longmont, Colorado. This position is in support of the NextGen OPIR program, responsible for system engineering oversight of the mission engineering thread for the program. The role will involve Systems Engineering, Integration and Analysis of the Requirements, Interfaces, and Performance for IR processing starting from photons collected in space through warning messages transmitted to end users to achieve System Certification and Operational Acceptance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field
Familiarity with testing and problem solving for integrated systems
Strong writing abilities
Active Secret clearance required. US Citizenship is required. Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI

Nice To Haves

Experience developing and executing test plans
Familiarity with model-based systems engineering concepts
Ability to absorb extensive technical detail and logically formulate solutions for execution on an inflexible schedule, often requiring integration of conflicting and, at times, incomplete data
Ability to interact with hardware and software developers to ensure mission requirements are satisfied
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications with strong presentation skills and capable of briefing audiences of varying technical knowledge
Ability to operate in a dynamic environment and take on numerous roles as part of the daily program operations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members
Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker with the ability to select and apply appropriate systems thinking skills to solve problems and implement constructive change
Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Perform hands on integration and test of the end to end Mission processing software to demonstrate pre-launch readiness and support system verification and on orbit testing
Validate pre-launch testing during Early On Orbit test and produce test products and reports for Developmental and Operational testing to allow Operational Acceptance for each space vehicle
Present integration and performance status for program and customer management
Conduct mission/program specific real time spacecraft/satellite flight operations during readiness, execution and evaluation phases
Develop detailed plans and procedures to provide maximum mission support in areas such as mission tasking, mission performance analysis, and reliability, maintainability and dependability of on-orbit satellites
Utilize system software to accomplish all mission processing tasks and recommend improvements
Analyze and validate software performance