Job ID: 713387BR Date posted: Dec. 18, 2025
Description:Role Overview
As a Test Engineer within Lockheed Martin Space, you will play a key role in ensuring complex aerospace systems are properly assembled, integrated, and tested before delivery. You will support the full lifecycle of hardware integration and testing—helping verify system performance, resolve issues, and ensure mission readiness.
This role offers hands-on technical work, collaboration across disciplines, and the opportunity to grow into a Certified Test Conductor supporting high-visibility aerospace programs.

Key Duties / Responsibilities
• Execute assembly, integration, and test activities to ensure systems operate as designed
• Develop, update, and maintain test procedures that support vehicle integration and delivery
• Plan and coordinate daily test readiness and execution across multiple internal and external teams
• Support and perform system and subsystem testing, including regression testing after fixes
• Analyze test results and document findings through reports and discrepancy documentation
• Translate customer and contractual requirements into effective test solutions that balance technical, schedule, and cost considerations
• Support certification and performance as a Certified Test Conductor / Test Engineer
• Ensure test activities meet established functional, technical, and quality standards

Work Environment
• Onsite work across Huntsville and Courtland, AL
• Hands-on work in assembly, integration, and test environments
• Collaboration with engineers, program leadership, customers, and external partners
• Work may involve lab equipment, test facilities, and production or operational settings

Company Mission & Program Overview
At Lockheed Martin Space, we are shaping the future of space exploration and national defense. Our teams design, build, and test advanced space systems that protect, connect, and explore the world beyond Earth.
Joining our Test Engineering team means contributing to mission-critical aerospace programs that demand precision, teamwork, and innovation. We foster a culture of collaboration, integrity, and technical excellence—where your work directly supports successful missions.

Why Lockheed Martin
• Work on high-impact aerospace and defense programs
• Be part of a company known for technical excellence, stability, and innovation
• Access to professional development, certification opportunities, and long-term career growth
• Collaborative culture that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning

Why You’ll Love This Role
• Hands-on involvement with cutting-edge aerospace hardware
• Clear pathway to certification as a Test Conductor
• Exposure to multiple disciplines and high-visibility programs
• Opportunity to grow your technical expertise while making a real-world impact
• Work alongside experienced professionals who are invested in your success
Basic Qualifications:
Candidates must meet all requirements to be considered.
• Ability to obtain an Interim Secret Security Clearance prior to start
• Experience or willingness to learn Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) operations
• Experience or willingness to learn how to write and execute test procedures in an Assembly, Test, Launch Operations (ATLO), or production environment
• Willingness and ability to present technical information to senior leaders, customers, and executives
• Ability to work onsite across Huntsville and Courtland, Alabama facilities
Desired Skills:
These “nice-to-have” skills strengthen a candidate’s application but are not required.
• Prior certification as a Certified Test Conductor and/or Certified Principal Engineer
• Experience supporting programs with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
• Hands-on experience testing missile systems in a production or operational environment
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical drawings, schematics, and specifications
• Background in or adjacent to manufacturing or test engineering, including hardware integration and test flows
• Experience working on cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams
• Familiarity with Lockheed Martin Space systems and tools (e.g., SAP, EPDM, VECAMS, PMP Database, Automation Framework) or equivalent industry tools
• Experience using basic lab equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, and signal analyzers
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with customers, program teams, and leadership
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: 9x80 every other Friday off
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: No
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Assembly/Integration and Test
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First