Systems Engineering Manager

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.

• Assist Managers within the department and on programs in building a strong team of individual contributors to plan and successfully execute engineering needs across multiple programs
• Partner with Managers and Technical Leaders by:
  • Managing subject matter experts (SMEs) resources to support programs, proposals, and various other needs such as surge support or participating in tiger teams as well as longer‑term assignments
  • Performing day‑to‑day employee management by fulfilling duties that include but are not limited to assigning work, overseeing that work and workloads, evaluating employee performance, time‑card and expense report approvals, etc
  • Participating in forecasting needs, recruiting and hiring decisions
  • Participating in employee development which includes career development, training, and mentoring, etc
  • Participating in identifying and fulfilling knowledge continuity and knowledge transfer needs
• Provide technical leadership and support in one or more of the Special Disciplines. This support will include participating in or leading as an independent reviewer, tiger teams, proposals, and various other technical support needs
• Contribute in performing technical work on reentry programs
• Support the full life‑cycle of programs, for example, to help define the Systems Architecture, Requirements and Verification Baseline, development and flight test hardware baseline, ground and flight test planning, and design maturity milestone reviews. Support includes ensuring designs, from the component level to the system level, will meet performance requirements during ground test verifications and when during mission operations.

• Demonstrated experience leading a project that includes two or more engineering disciplines
• Demonstrated technical experience expertise on programs/projects that involved at least one of the Special Disciplines (Nuclear Hardness and Survivability, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Cyber Security, Reliability, Parts Materials & Process engineering, Safety, etc.)
• Experience participating in major program milestone reviews such as PDR and CDR
• US Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

• Demonstrated ability to successfully interface with Customers including strong presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships within programs, with other enterprise organizations, and with customer personnel
• Experience with leading collaborative engineering teams to successful completion.
• Experience in full life cycle Aerospace/Missile programs
• Experience working with subcontractors
• Demonstrated ability to coach others to effectively communicate and achieves program/project objectives and priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related discipline
• Experience as Control Account Manager (CAM) performing Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
• Someone comfortable with communicating in a variety of forums including supplier interface
• Good writing, communication and interpersonal skills
• A self‑starter who develops solutions to technical issues
• A motivated individual who’s able to work closely within a geographically diverse team to…