Job ID: 713768BR Date posted: Dec. 29, 2025
Description: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 boos 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.

Lockheed Martin is seeking a full-time Hardware Engineer to join the team located in Aurora, Colorado. The Hardware Engineer performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

- Provide real time, operational support to various teams for the operation and maintenance of Ground and Space system software and equipment
- Provide system maintenance support for a large system of computers (Linux environment), associated switching, network, communication circuits, and equipment
- Identify system problems, perform troubleshooting, correcting, and documenting both software and hardware failures
- Support daily system configuration management during operations and system upgrades/modifications
- Provide operations subject matter expertise to technical working groups
- Participate in Ground and Space anomaly resolution working groups
- Thoroughly document system deficiencies
- Provide technical recommendations and guidance to Ground and Satellite operators during system failures and recovery
- Collaborate closely with internal/external technical engineering operations teams
- Troubleshoot system anomalies when external customers endure data outages
- Monitor and maintain logs of equipment up/down reporting and tracks hardware status with blue tag notification for operations personnel.
- Provide scheduled and unscheduled preventative/corrective actions and emergency maintenance on system devices and infrastructures.
- Provide break/fix actions for hardware and equipment as needed on site.
- Provide onsite presence to report anomalies, helping with problem resolution and escorting duties for repair actions.
- Install spares as needed for repair actions.
- Train new personnel, assist with new installations, support special projects, and assist the operational crews to resolve hardware issues.
- Utilize SBIRS standard board processes for all maintenance actions and document changes.
- Perform Level 1 HW PMI activities and document intervals.
- Perform PMI document updates.
- Provide onsite servicing of shelters and associated equipment.
- Prepare reports and maintain records on equipment and preventative maintenance.
- Troubleshoot equipment and perform preventative maintenance.
- Servicing components including all physical, structure and mechanical equipment.
- Service HVAC equipment and manage HAZMAT materials as required.

May be required to move heavy equipment or operate around energized electrical equipment.
Basic Qualifications:
- General knowledge/experience in Linux
- Must be able to support 24x7 operations environment
- System troubleshooting skills
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work as a member of a team in a dynamic environment
- Active Secret security clearance (the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance)
Desired Skills:
- Background in technology, engineering, software, hardware, System, or network administration
- Experience with Linux shell scripting
- Satellite Systems Experience
- Experience with large complex systems
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: Standard Monday to Friday 40 hour work week
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $70,100 - $123,625. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help 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, develop, 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. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Hardware Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First