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Systems Engineer

Lockheed Martin

Huntsville, ALFull-time$85–158K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$85–158K/yr
Location
Huntsville, AL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Lockheed Martin seeks a Systems Engineer to support a new missile defense program. The role supports subsystem requirements and interfaces, verification planning, system integration, and the full development lifecycle through flight test. The engineer also contributes to performance assessments and formal design reviews, applying systems engineering and model-based practices while coordinating with interdisciplinary teams across geographically dispersed locations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringRequirements DefinitionRequirements DecompositionRequirements AllocationInterface DefinitionMissile System AnalysisTest PlanningSystem IntegrationReview SupportSpecification WritingRequirements Management SystemsIBM Rational DOORSCameoCustomer InterfaceReview PresentationsMissile SystemsMATLABAnalysis ToolsHardware/Software DevelopmentMissile or Weapon System DevelopmentPerformance AnalysisFunctional AnalysisSoftware DevelopmentCONOPS DevelopmentArchitecture DevelopmentSystem-Level Trade Studies

Qualifications

Active or Current Secret Security ClearanceBachelor of Science in EngineeringABET Accreditation

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job 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.

"Ahead of Ready"

Lockheed Martin is looking for a dynamic, hardworking Systems Engineer to support a new missile defense program.

In this role, you will report to the Systems Engineering Manager, and your responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Derive requirements and interfaces and support specification development in DOORS

  • Be accountable for developing, updating, coordinating, and supporting verification of a subsystem requirement specification

  • Support the full life cycle of assigned subsystems or components all the way through development, test, analysis, verification, and flight test

  • Support assessments of key performance parameters, technical performance measures, and requirement compliance

  • Support formal system design reviews

  • Support requirements traceability to MBSE model elements and develop MBSE based verification plans

  • Implement Model Based Systems Engineering practices in requirements and verification planning

  • Support interface definition and integration of subsystems and components across the broader system

  • Participate in interdisciplinary engineering efforts necessitating adaptability and flexibility in response to evolving program requirements and timelines across geographically dispersed locations

  • Use your excellent communication skills and self-motivating drive to promote a positive teamwork culture

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

  • Experience and full knowledge of processes in one or more of the following areas:
  1. Systems Engineering approach and processes

  2. Requirement definition, decomposition, and allocation

  3. Interface definition (ICD, IBDs, IDDs)

  4. Missile system analyses used in requirement derivation and verification

  5. Planning and coordinating Hardware and/or software testing for verification

  6. Performing System Integration

  7. Support to major reviews

  8. Writing Specifications

  9. Experience using a Requirements Management System (ie IBM Rational DOORS)

  10. Experience with Cameo

Desired Skills

  • Active or Current Secret Security Clearance

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited college

  • Customer interface experience

  • Experience with one or more of the following:

  1. Presenting at major reviews

  2. Missile system experience

  3. MatLab, and/or other or analysis tools

  4. Hardware/Software Development

  5. Missile or Weapon System Development

  6. Performance, Functional, or Software

  7. CONOPS or Architecture Development

  8. Support to System Level trade studies

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00

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 11,220 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$85–158K/yr
  • Alabama median$108–191K/yr220 salary ranges
  • US median$116–185K/yr8,248 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $122K, is 19% below the Alabama median midpoint ($151K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Alabama.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 357 open Systems Engineer jobs in Alabama and 11,220 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Alabama
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 (9,456 postings).
Education
4,680 of the 11,220 open Systems Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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