Systems Engineering - Mission Thread Lead

Lockheed Martin•Littleton, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Protecting what matters most is the mission that matters most. The Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) program offers challenging and unique career opportunities, working across the full development lifecycle, and resulting in fielding advanced hypersonic weapon systems to the warfighter. Learn more about our Hypersonic Solutions . As the Systems Engineer - Mission Thread Lead you will build relationships across the program and with our national partners to meet all critical program milestones and ensure clean handoffs. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining and adjusting the detailed plan coordinating the multiple teams, and to facilitate discussions and problem resolution and issues or gaps are discovered. What does this role look like? Work with IPT Senior Managers and Program Executives to translate the long-range plans into a synchronized execution roadmap Develop strong working relationships with the larger systems team, national team members, and customers to ensure successful delivery of each software build Integrate with the systems verification and test teams to facilitate a clean handoff of software for testing across multiple sites Connect multi-discipline communities to tackle challenges and gaps in development and test Establish, manage, and communicate team expectations, goals, roles, responsibilities, and objectives Utilize your excellent interpersonal skills to coordinate and resolve programmatic and technical issues across the program, identify risks, and appropriate mitigation plans Collaborate with government and customer representatives in support of critical schedule and distributed multi-element deliveries and activities This role does require travel to customer sites, approximately 25% You can learn more about Denver, CO by visiting this link. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

Experienced technical lead in systems engineering or another engineering field
Experience integrating or troubleshooting electrical or hardware-software systems
Experience with requirements verification and validation
Active or current Secret Security clearance; US Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Customer interaction and familiarity with the DoD Labs/Facilities
Demonstrated understanding and application of Systems Engineering and a Systems Thinking mindset
Experience working with groups and organizations outside of your immediate product area
Experience with Software Development
Experience with Guidance Navigation and Control
Ability to manage multiple, often-competing requests, effectively prioritizing the most urgent ones
Ability to look across the entire system to identify potential impacts of a change
Ability to plan out and accomplish tasks with minimal oversight and support
Passion to apply creative problem solving and creative thinking to accomplish what seems impossible
Excellent presentation and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Work with IPT Senior Managers and Program Executives to translate the long-range plans into a synchronized execution roadmap
Develop strong working relationships with the larger systems team, national team members, and customers to ensure successful delivery of each software build
Integrate with the systems verification and test teams to facilitate a clean handoff of software for testing across multiple sites
Connect multi-discipline communities to tackle challenges and gaps in development and test
Establish, manage, and communicate team expectations, goals, roles, responsibilities, and objectives
Utilize your excellent interpersonal skills to coordinate and resolve programmatic and technical issues across the program, identify risks, and appropriate mitigation plans
Collaborate with government and customer representatives in support of critical schedule and distributed multi-element deliveries and activities