Job ID: 694838BR Date posted: Jun. 23, 2025
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.


The Systems Integration and Engineering (SIE) organization is implementing a major initiative to significantly improve our capabilities and performance. A key part of this is a focus on improving System Design Integration. To drive this effort, we are creating several new technical leadership positions within the Design Integration department.

The Requirements and Verification (R&V) Systems Integration Lead will have the following responsibilities:

• Provide direct technical assistance to programs through activities such as pursuit/proposal support, independent reviews, and anomaly investigation teams.

• Be an active participant in Systems Engineering improvement initiatives. Improve and maintain formal command media and informal R&V Integration guidance as well as templates/tools provided to programs

• Lead the development, decomposition, and management of system, subsystem, and component level requirements, ensuring clarity, consistency, and traceability

• Establish and maintain a talent pipeline for R&V Integration.

• Improve R&V integration training material and serve as lead instructor for training classes

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of requirements management and verification processes, tools, and methodologies within the organization

• Assist department manager in identification and allocation of R&V Integration resources to programs

• Support major program reviews including Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM), Proposal Technical Adequacy Reviews (PTAR), System Requirements Review (SRR), Design Reviews (PDR, CDR) and Flight Test Readiness Reviews (DTRR, XRR, MRR)

• Support the development and verification of system requirements and document & manage accordingly.

• Offer guidance to Systems Engineering teams, covering the entire Systems Engineering lifecycle, from architecture and requirements development, system integration, verification and validation, all the way through mission operations.
• Some travel may be required

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Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors or higher degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent education with professional experience and specialized training commensurate with this assignment.

• High degree of expertise in R&V Integration for spacecraft and/or missiles

• Experience as a Systems Engineer in program engineering lifecycles performing requirements derivation, decomposition, and verification.

• Experience in all lifecycle phases from program start to mission operations
Desired Skills:
• 10 years combined experience in R&V systems design and integration

• Experience as a Chief/Lead Systems Engineer or Chief Engineer on a program.

• Experience in developing and executing verification and validation plans and procedures

• Experience with a new program start-up in a technical leadership role.

• Experience in a technical proposal leadership role (e.g., technical solution lead, volume lead or section lead, etc.).

• Experience with digital transformation efforts such as 1LMx and implementing AI/ML capabilities to improve program and organization capabilities.

• Experience communicating effectively, both internally with peers and Program leadership as well as externally with customer counterparts.

• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations (e.g., MIL-STD, NASA, AIAA)

• Knowledge of requirements management tools (esp, DOORS, DOORS Next)

• Knowledge of SysML and Cameo

• 20 years of experience (or 15 years with a MS) in a Systems Engineering related environment.

• Relevant experience on multiple programs

• Relevant experience in multiple Lines of Business

• Experience in Software Development and/or integration and test

• Experience in data integration for large, complex programs

• Experience in Space-Ground interface management

• Experience during ATLO phase of a program

• CPE experience

• IPT or Technical Leadership experience

• Extensive technical mentoring experience

• Experience in process development/improvement

• Experience as independent reviewer

• Experience developing training material and as an instructor

• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: TS/SCI
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 $151,200 - $266,570. 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.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $166,400 - $288,305. 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.
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.
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