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Lockheed Martin · 5 hours ago

Systems Engineering - Mission Thread Lead

Lockheed Martin is a leader in aerospace and defense, and they are seeking a Systems Engineer - Mission Thread Lead to support the Conventional Prompt Strike program. The role involves building relationships across teams to ensure successful delivery of software builds and managing programmatic and technical issues.

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Responsibilities

Work with IPT Senior Managers and Program Executives to translate the long-range plans into a synchronized execution roadmap
Develop strong working relationships with the larger systems team, national team members, and customers to ensure successful delivery of each software build
Integrate with the systems verification and test teams to facilitate a clean handoff of software for testing across multiple sites
Connect multi-discipline communities to tackle challenges and gaps in development and test
Establish, manage, and communicate team expectations, goals, roles, responsibilities, and objectives
Utilize your excellent interpersonal skills to coordinate and resolve programmatic and technical issues across the program, identify risks, and appropriate mitigation plans
Collaborate with government and customer representatives in support of critical schedule and distributed multi-element deliveries and activities
This role does require travel to customer sites, approximately 25%

Qualification

Systems EngineeringRequirements VerificationElectrical Systems IntegrationSoftware DevelopmentGuidance Navigation ControlCustomer InteractionCreative Problem SolvingInterpersonal SkillsPresentation SkillsWritten Communication

Required

Experienced technical lead in systems engineering or another engineering field
Experience integrating or troubleshooting electrical or hardware-software systems
Experience with requirements verification and validation
Active or current Secret Security clearance; US Citizenship Required

Preferred

Customer interaction and familiarity with the DoD Labs/Facilities
Demonstrated understanding and application of Systems Engineering and a Systems Thinking mindset
Experience working with groups and organizations outside of your immediate product area
Experience with Software Development
Experience with Guidance Navigation and Control
Ability to manage multiple, often-competing requests, effectively prioritizing the most urgent ones
Ability to look across the entire system to identify potential impacts of a change
Ability to plan out and accomplish tasks with minimal oversight and support
Passion to apply creative problem solving and creative thinking to accomplish what seems impossible
Excellent presentation and written communication skills

Benefits

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
Holidays

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.06B
Key Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M

Leadership Team

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Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
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Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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