Lockheed Martin · 9 hours ago
Systems Engineering - Mission Thread Lead
Littleton, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelLockheed Martin is focused on protecting what matters most, offering unique career opportunities in the development of advanced hypersonic weapon systems. The Systems Engineer - Mission Thread Lead will be responsible for building relationships across the program, coordinating multiple teams, and facilitating problem resolution to meet critical program milestones.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
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
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
Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package
Company
Lockheed Martin
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.
Founded in 1912
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
Leadership Team
Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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