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Staff Systems Engineer - KSA C4I

Lockheed Martin

King of Prussia, PAFull-time / Temporary$118–219K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$118–219K/yr
Location
King of Prussia, PA
Schedule
Full-time / Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Lockheed Martin is seeking a systems engineer for its KSA C4I modernization design team. The role supports architecture and capability design for a customer modernization project, including requirements governance, system documentation, CONOPs development, and integration planning. It requires a full-time expatriate assignment in Saudi Arabia for approximately nine months, with potential extension, and may involve customer-site travel and occasional off-hours test events. The position is contingent upon contract award.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

MBSECameoRhapsodyRequirements TraceabilityDOORSJamaUse Case DefinitionCONOPs DefinitionSystem ArchitectureSubsystem ArchitectureCDRL DocumentationRequirements ElicitationSystem VerificationSystem ValidationC2Agile MethodologiesAgile ToolsInternational Customer Experience

Qualifications

7+ Years Relevant ExperienceActive Secret Clearance

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Standard Job Description

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION REQUIRES A FULL-TIME EXPATRIATE ASSIGNMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (KSA) FOR APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CONTRACT TO EXTEND FURTHER.

WHAT WE'RE DOING

Join the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia (KSA) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Modernization Team and be a critical contributor on the first-phase design team helping to shape the project’s overarching modernization initiatives.

The team’s primary focus during the design stage is to shape the functional architecture and system capabilities that will rapidly modernize the customer’s product line. Day-to-day activities will include (but are not limited to) requirements governance, architecture definition, system documentation, CONOPs development, and integration guidance/planning. This is an opportunity to help design and develop the updated baseline while working directly with an international customer.

THE WORK

The KSA C4I Team is seeking a systems engineer to join our development team. In this role, you will:

  • Decompose customer requirements and use cases into system capabilities and functions

  • Perform requirements tracing to ensure that the necessary system and subsystems are developed in accordance with customer requirements/expectations

  • Create/refine MBSE models depicting system architecture and system activity/sequence diagrams

  • Help contribute to various SE CDRL documents, including (but not limited to): SEMP, ICD, SDD’s, TEMP

  • Help refine and develop overall system CONOPs to ensure planned modernization capabilities continue to meet the overall mission needs

PLEASE NOTE

  • This position may require travel to customer sites throughout the KSA.

  • This position may occasionally support off-hours test events, including overnight and weekend activities.

WHO WE ARE

The KSA C4I Modernization Team is a geographically dispersed project team that will operate in an Agile Scrum environment. Team members have the opportunity to work directly with an international customer and gain exposure to the technologies and processes supporting this upgrade.

Come be a part of a rapidly developing, fast-paced project team that is empowered to quickly develop and iterate potential design upgrades, with a condensed feedback loop that allows for quick iterations on proposed updates. This customer environment is a unique experience for an engineer to put their stamp on drafting new system functionality with a very engaged customer in an accelerated design cycle. If the thought rapidly performing various design activities and growing your knowledge on the numerous types of systems engineering artifacts that are developed and delivered as part of design stage of a modernization upgrade project is exciting, then the KSA C4I Team is the place to be!

This team/position is contingent upon contract award.

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience in MBSE (Cameo, Rhapsody)

  • Experience Owning Requirements Traceability across various levels of systems/subsystems (DOORS, Jama)

  • Experience with Use Case and CONOPs Definition/Decomposition

  • Experience owning System/Subsystem Architecture Defintion/Decomposition

  • Experience Developing CDRL Documentation

  • 7+ years of relevant work experience

Desired Skills

  • Experience eliciting requirements/needs from customer interactions

  • Experience participating in System Verification/Validation activities

  • Previous C2 Domain Experience

  • Experience in Agile Methodologies & Tools

  • Previous International Customer Experience

  • Active Secret Clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.

  • For (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.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,079 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$118–219K/yr
  • Pennsylvania median$100–169K/yr152 salary ranges
  • US median$116–186K/yr8,158 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is 23% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($137K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Pennsylvania.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 214 open Systems Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 11,079 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,274 postings).
Education
4,686 of the 11,079 open Systems Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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