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Systems Engineer Senior Staff (Level 5) - Advanced Programs

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

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Job ID: 709601BR Date posted: Nov. 18, 2025
Description:--Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs--

The Advanced Communications & Data Links Roadmap team is a fast growing team within the Fort Worth Advanced Development Programs (ADP) organization responsible for shaping, crafting, and maturing the future architecture and capabilities related to communications and data links. The team is looking for a dynamic, outgoing, and proactive individual who is ready to make immediate contributions to shape and define the future communications system architecture. This candidate needs to have previous system architecture experience spanning from creation of system level requirements and architectures through decomposition down to the software level requirements and architecture with a strong background in data links/communication and systems engineering. This person will be working closely with the Roadmap Lead, Project Manager, Software Architect, Software Leads, and Lab Lead while supporting the development teams as a systems architect, subject matter expert (SME) and teacher. Good communication is a must along with a positive attitude, demonstrated accountability, excellent time management skills, and team focus.

Travel (approximately once a month) is required to customer facilities and Lockheed Martin sites.

The selected candidate must be a US citizen and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information (including an investigation within the last 5 years).
The candidate must possess a DoD Secret clearance and must be able to obtain a SAP/SAR clearance.

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Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Computer Engineering
• Professional Hardware Design Experience
• Proven history of architecting complex digital hardware
• Demonstrated experience leading a technical team
Desired Skills:
• Ability to design and development Mission Systems (MS) hardware subsystem
• Experience with Electronics design, assembly, and checkout
• Demonstrated experience working through all phases of hardware development including platform integration/adoption
• Experience with managing supplier requirements and tracking supplier execution
• Ability to work with different engineering disciplines (software, systems, RF, networking, reliability, cybersecurity, etc.) to derive and decompose requirements
• Experience with Safety Critical system design characteristics
• Experience with VITA OpenVPX Family of Standards and/or SOSA Technical Standard
• Experience with Gigahertz microprocessors, FPGAs, DDR4 memory, flash memory, and high-density interconnect technologies.
• Familiarity with RF system design, including components, such as amplifiers, filters, and antennas
• Knowledge of the proposal process
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering Tools (Rhapsody, MagicDraw, Cameo Systems Modeler, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
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.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Hardware Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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