Job ID: 722714BR Date posted: Apr. 02, 2026
Description:Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

Protecting what matters most is the mission that matters most.

The modern missile-threat landscape is characterized by increasing complexity and rapid evolution, making it essential to adopt a multifaceted defense approach.
At Lockheed Martin, we recognize the critical importance of developing and integrating advanced solutions to protect people and nations worldwide.

Detecting an adversary's missile launch, identifying its intended target, calculating its precise trajectory, launching an interceptor, and guiding that interceptor to successfully destroy the threat is an extraordinarily complex challenge.
It demands a seamless integration of advanced technologies, sophisticated systems, and highly skilled personnel.

The Lockheed Martin Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team is seeking a Systems Engineer - Performance Analyst to be part of a team developing missile defense technology that could forever change our ability to deter and respond to adversity.

You can learn more about the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) by visiting this link

As an NGI Performance Analysis Engineer, you will join the System Simulation and Performance team on the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program.
In this role, you will:
• Support the development of medium and high-fidelity modeling and simulation software
• Integrate elements of the system into performance analysis products
• Run medium and high-fidelity digital system simulation tools on a high-performance computing cluster
• Create, update, and run scripts to process data output
• Modify code in Matlab, Python, and Linux shell
• Participate in the evaluation of system performance and behavior
• Collaborate with the organization and customer community to ensure consensus and understanding of system performance and trades

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You can learn more about Huntsville, AL here.

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Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience with C++, Python, or MATLAB

• Experience with Git or Gitlab

• Knowledge of Performance Analysis
Desired Skills:
• Active or Current Secret Security clearance
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, or Data Analytics
• Experience with Linux operating systems and shell scripting (Bash or tsch)
• Experience executing analysis on high-performance computing (HPC) clusters (Slurm, OpenShift)
• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline development (Gitlab runner, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Dashboard development (Dash, plotly, bokeh, matplotlib)
• Experience with developing/integrating custom python tools for data extraction, transformation, visualization, and storage
• Experience with CMake
• Familiar with working in the development phase of a missile program
• Familiar with Modeling & Simulation
• Familiar with Weapon System Performance Analysis
• Familiar with Statistical Modeling
• Familiar with algorithm development and testing (scheduling, graph, linear programming, dynamic programming, etc.. )
• Familiar with distributed simulations and API development
• Active or Current DoD Top Secret (or above) 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: 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.
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: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Other
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First