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Systems Engineer Sr Stf - Level 5

Lockheed Martin

Fairfax, VAFull-time$145–270K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$145–270K/yr
Location
Fairfax, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Lockheed Martin Space seeks a Level 5 Systems Engineer to lead design and implementation of GNSS/SBAS solutions at its Fairfax facility. The role leads analysis, validation, and design of safety-critical algorithms, provides technical oversight of subcontractor work, and coordinates engineering tasks across teams. It also supports program reviews, contract alignment, issue resolution, and delivery of reliable navigation capabilities for commercial customers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PNT/GNSSSBAS AlgorithmsIonospheric ModelingSafety-Critical SystemsSubcontractor EngineeringSystems EngineeringSystems IntegrationVerification and ValidationRisk AnalysisFunctional AnalysisTimeline AnalysisTrade StudiesRequirements AllocationInterface DefinitionSAE ARP4754ASAE ARP4761RTCA DO-178CRTCA DO-278ADO-254Engineering ManagementAI PromptingWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationTechnical Briefing

Qualifications

Expert-Level PNT/GNSS ExperienceSafety-of-Life Program ExperienceLarge Ground Segment Technical Lead ExperienceSubcontractor Responsible Engineer ExperienceComplex SW/HW SEIT Experience

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job Description

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Level 5 Systems Engineer to lead the design and implementation of advanced GNSS/SBAS solutions at onsite at our Fairfax, VA facility. We are seeking a highly specialized Systems Engineer with GNSS algorithm experience to define and optimize the mathematical models that ensure accuracy and strict safety-of-life integrity for high-precision applications. You will lead the team to complete algorithmic analysis, validation, and design for the program. You are the working leader for the analysis, design, and simulation of safety-critical algorithms for Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) solutions. The role involves applying rigorous systems engineering and reliable/secured networking techniques, ensuring compliance with industry standard development assurance guidelines, and delivering high reliability navigation capabilities for our commercial customers.

Other Major Responsibilities:

Subcontractor Engineering Support – Technical Oversight of a key subcontractor. Support to supply chain for subcontract technical oversight, review of subcontractor produced material (requirements documents, design material, safety related material, performance and Hazardously Misleading Information (HMI) analysis reports, Site Installation Plans (SIP), Site Acceptance Test (SAT) reports, test plans, procedures, verification, and reports). Review of proposals, generation of tech evals, etc. Support to relevant program working groups. Support for issue tracking, resolution and escalation. Technical coordination with task owners to ensure proper tracking and management.

Cross Disciplinary Coordination of LMS E&T staff tasking/status, work with LMS CE and subcontractor Systems Engineering Manager (SEM) to work through issues/blockers across the team. Support LMS Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE) activities (e.g. performance reporting, meetings, actions, program reviews, etc.) as needed. Support to modification request / proposal activities. Working with contracts to ensure alignment of prime contract technical requirements across the program organization. Support to program management to bridge technical and programmatic needs as required. Support to internal/external meetings as required.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. For positions that perform IT responsibilities, use E646, Systems Engr-IT.

Basic Qualifications

  • Expert level PNT/GNSS domain experience (or other similar algorithmically intensive and safety of life systems)

  • Experience developing, designing, modeling, simulation and refining core SBAS algorithms

  • Background in analyzing ionospheric modeling challenges

  • Experience with safety of flight /life rated programs

  • Experience technical lead / responsible engineer for a large multi-subcontractor Ground Segment development program

  • Subcontractor Responsible Engineer (RE) experience

  • System SEIT experience of complex SW/HW systems

  • Able to communicate in written and verbal form in a virtual, global team

  • Proven ability to brief design details and challenges to Engineering Chiefs, PMO, and up to Program Director level as necessary

Desired Skills

  • Experience with Assurance Standards – Apply SAE ARP4754A, SAE ARP4761, RTCA DO 178C, DO 278A, and/or DO 254 as appropriate to define and evaluate safety-of-life metrics. Ensure safety, reliability, and airworthiness.

  • Engineering Management Experience

  • Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $145100.00 - $269500.00

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 11,502 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$145–270K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–185K/yr834 salary ranges
  • US median$116–190K/yr8,484 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $207K, is 36% above the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,052 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,502 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (9,604 postings).
Education
4,559 of the 11,502 open Systems Engineer jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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