Job ID: 696301BR Date posted: Jun. 25, 2025
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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.
For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide an affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while
maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

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Learn more about Trident II D5 fleet Ballistic Missile.

We are seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer Staff to act as an integrator between the System Security Engineering team and the Reentry System Program team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the seamless integration of security engineering principles and practices into the reentry system design, development, and operation. This position requires a strong understanding of system security engineering, reentry system development, and program management.

In this role, you can be expected to:

• Serve as the primary interface between the System Security Engineering team and the Reentry System Program team to ensure effective communication and collaboration
• Integrate system security engineering requirements, including Hardware Assurance, Software Assurance, Cyber Security, Asymmetric Threat Vulnerability Management, Supply Chain Risk management, Nuclear Surety, and System Security Engineering requirements, into the reentry system design and development
• Work with the Reentry System Program team facilitate identification of critical program information and ensure that security engineering requirements are properly addressed
• Work with the System Security Engineering team to develop, verify, and validate security engineering requirements throughout the systems engineering lifecycle for each reentry program
• Ensure that security engineering principles and practices are applied throughout the reentry system lifecycle, including design, development, testing, and operation
• Monitor the status, risks, needs, and priority of system security engineering tasks for all Reentry Programs
• Lead development and maintenance of the Reentry System Security Engineering program plan and specific reentry Program annexes that identify the System Security Engineering products and processes required for each reentry program
• Work with operations and manufacturing teams to ensure that security engineering requirements are properly addressed during system operation and maintenance
• Support supplier management activities to ensure that the program teams are properly making suppliers are aware of and comply with security engineering requirements where required
• Develop and maintain a plan for SSE activities on the Reentry SEIT team with Agile and Waterfall based methods.
• Lead coordination with Navy Customer for all System Security Engineering activities
• Coordinate Basis of Estimate Development and Proposal efforts for System Security Engineering
• Manage budget and support variance reporting for System Security Engineering WBS Tasks

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Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience in systems engineering, security engineering, or a related field

• Strong understanding of at least one of the following system security engineering principles and practices, including Hardware Assurance, Software Assurance, Cyber Security, Nuclear Surety, and Supply Chain Risk management

• Strong understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, and operation

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

• Experience with Agile (i.e., Jira and Confluence)

• US citizenship with Valid Secret Clearance (cannot be Inactive more than 2 years); ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance
Desired Skills:
• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, cybersecurity, or related field
• Experience with system security engineering requirements development, verification, and validation
• Knowledge of asymmetric threat vulnerability management and nuclear surety principles and practices
• Experience with Cyber Security package development for IATTs and ATOs
• Familiarity with program management principles and practices, including earned value management and risk management
• Agile Practitioner experience (Scrum Master, Product Owner/Product Manager, etc.)
• Experience generating Basis-Of Estimates (BOEs) and providing proposal support.
• Experience with supplier management and supply chain risk management
• Project Management and/or Integrated Project/Product team (IPT) Lead experience
• Familiarity with the FBM, LM Space, and/or other Business Area (BA) Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
• Experience developing products during the Requirements definition phase of the systems engineering lifecycle (i.e., Concept of Operations (CONOPS), requirements document, trade studies/evaluations, etc.)
• Participation in Structured Improvement Activities (SIA) or similar continuous improvement events
• FBM Program Knowledge and experience working with US Navy
• Lean Six Sigma Certified Greenbelt
• Has demonstrated success as a "change agent" able to facilitate cultural adoption of new processes, tools, and approaches
• MBSE/SysML experience (i.e., Cameo, MagicDraw)
• Positive demeanor, accountable and responsible and able to work in a team-focused, dynamic environment
• Active Top Secret Clearance
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: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $104,500 - $184,115. 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: Systems Engineering: System of Systems Integration
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First