Job ID: 692967BR Date posted: May. 19, 2025
Description:The coolest jobs on this planet… or any
other… are with Lockheed Martin Space!

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and deliver results to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and spirit to dream big, we want to strengthen a better tomorrow with you.

Lockheed Martin Space has an immediate opportunity for an experienced System Safety Engineer at our Valley Forge, PA facility. If you have an interest in working for a company that develops national defense systems, come and be a part of our System Safety Engineering Team. At Lockheed Martin Space, we are passionate about creativity and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours -- as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your System Safety skills, training, and education. Come and experience your future!

You will use your Systems Engineering Knowledge and System Safety Expertise to analyze hardware and software, establish and maintain system safety requirements in support of mission results. You will support the Systems Engineering team throughout the lifecycle of the system. You will support detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies, and support the translation of customer requirements into hardware and software requirements. You will support Systems Engineering during System Integration and will support verification/validation of system requirements. As our System Safety Engineer, your responsibilities will also include the following tasks:

• Develop and/or update Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analyses (FHAs), System Hazard Analyses (SHA), and Safety Assessment Reports (SAR)
• Prepare presentations and participate in Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, and various working groups and safety review meetings
• Develop and/or update System Safety documents to support Customer, Range Safety, and contractual requirements
• Review and provide input to test procedures for adherence to System Safety requirements
• Coordinate with test range safety teams and writing
range safety reports to support testing
• Assist in the development and maintenance of a Hazard Tracking System (HTS) used to document real and potential hazards, their assessments, and their respective mitigation's.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters a work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking. Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards and Recognition

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Basic Qualifications:
• Experience using current system safety standards and guidance in one of the following: MIL-STD-882E, DO-178C, AFSPCMAN 91-710, NASA System Safety Handbook, JSSSEH, and/or other military/commercial system safety standards
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of System Safety design and operations safety principles to include experience with one or all of the following: hazard identification, systems analysis, risk mitigation, safety requirements management, and associated deliverable documentation.
• Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret: US Citizenship required
Desired Skills:
• Existing TS Clearance
• Experience tailoring 91-710 v3
• Software system safety experience
• Experience participating in DoD System Safety Working Groups
• Familiarity with MBSE
• Familiarity with DOORs
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in an engineering or related technical discipline
• Effective communication skills with the ability to
engage and interact in group meeting/working
environments with team members, development
organizations and customers.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top 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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
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: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Specialty Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First