Systems Engineer Associate - Early Career

Lockheed Martin•Sunnyvale, CA

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 - Early Career, to join the Next Generation GEO (NGG) team in Sunnyvale, California. This position is in support of the NextGen OPIR program, responsible for testing interfaces with various USSF and Joint organizations and their supporting contractors, and will define the scope of testing necessary to demonstrate Space to Ground System Certification and prepare the vehicles for Operational Acceptance.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interface across multiple organizations and teams
Ability to absorb complex technical information and identify dependencies and gaps across system elements
Familiarity with problem solving for integrated systems
Ability to obtain a final TS/SCI security clearance

Nice To Haves

Strong presentation skills with the ability to brief 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
Experience with managing complex schedules with numerous users and constraints
Experience with satellite command and control systems
Experience with space vehicle HWIL Simulators
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
Active Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Aid in scheduling and deconfliction of highly utilized NGG HWIL simulator
Develop and maintain system integration plans across the various system elements for both NGG SV1 operations and for the NGG SV2 development campaign.
Develop solutions to complex system challenges and present recommendations to senior leadership
Support Space-to-Ground compatibility testing for NGG SV2
Provide technical support and information to government personnel performing operations, developmental test, and assist engineering teams in troubleshooting efforts
Occasionally travel out of state for technical interchange meetings, design reviews and system integration activities