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Systems Engineer Stf - E4

Lockheed Martin

Sunnyvale, CAFull-time$131–244K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$131–244K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Lockheed Martin seeks a Systems Engineer for Requirements and Verification on its THAAD program. The role supports interceptor design updates by assessing and managing requirements, coordinating dependencies and verification planning, and maintaining requirements documentation and tools. The engineer also supports iterative engineering technical reviews and collaborates with program stakeholders to improve requirement clarity and usefulness.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringRequirements ManagementVerification and ValidationMissile SystemsDefense SystemsAerospace SystemsRequirements Management ToolsRequirements VerificationDOORS ClassicDOORS NextSAFe AgileAtlassian JIRAProgram ManagementFinanceContractsEarned Value ManagementBusiness Insight

Qualifications

DOD Secret Clearance EligibilityUS CitizenshipBachelor's in Engineering or Related

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job Description

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.

Long Description

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. For over 20 years, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) team has supported the Army’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic and tactical defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The THAAD Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

Learn about the part THAAD plays in Integrated Air and Missile Defense .

As a Systems Engineer for Requirements and Verification, you will:

  • Perform Multi level requirement assessment in support of Interceptor design updates

  • Support streamlining the requirements process to reduce time needed to update, track, and release documents

  • Support organizing Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Interceptor Requirements by removing or archiving old requirements and deleting out of date traces

  • Draft, reviewing, and release of requirements specification documents, including peer reviews and change requests for requirements changes and verification baseline

  • Coordinate changes and requirement dependencies with other components (Radar, THAAD Fire Control and Communications, Launcher, Weapon Systems Engineering, Talon, Peculiar Support Equipment) and stakeholders to plan requirements verification

  • Work with the DOORS database to manage requirements and update as needed based on the change control process

  • Collaborate with the THAAD stakeholders and internal teams to ensure requirement clarity and usefulness

  • Input and track requirements and verificationwork via integrated master schedule and JIRA stories

  • Report via JIRA to track dependencies with other teams and stakeholders

  • Support all R&V activities for Iterative Engineering Technical Reviews (IETR) to include but not limited to chart review, coordination of objective evidence, and planning for current and future program increments

Basic Qualifications

  • Systems engineering experience within requirements, verification, and validation

  • Knowledge or experience with missile, defense, aerospace, or related systems

  • Knowledge or experience with DOORS or another requirements management tool

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret clearance; US citizenship required

Desired Skills

  • Experience with Requirements and Verification teams to create, update, maintain, verify and release requirements for large programs

  • Experience with the THAAD program or other related programs (Aegis, Patriot, Fleet Ballistic Missile, other Strategic and Missile Defense Programs, etc.)

  • Experience with Lockheed Martin system engineering and requirements processes

  • Knowledge of program management, finance, contracts, Earned Value Management (EVM) and demonstrated business insight

  • Experience with DOORs Classic and DOORs Next

  • SAFE AGILE / Atlassian JIRA

  • Bachelor Degree in an engineering or related discipline

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $131100.00 - $243500.00

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 10,746 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$131–244K/yr
  • California median$142–208K/yr1,668 salary ranges
  • US median$115–188K/yr7,926 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $187K, is 7% above the California median midpoint ($174K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,965 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 10,746 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
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 (8,916 postings).
Education
4,714 of the 10,746 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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