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Systems Engineering Mgr - L5

Lockheed Martin

Riviera Beach, FLFull-time$129–240K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$129–240K/yr
Location
Riviera Beach, FL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Lockheed Martin’s Uncrewed Maritime Solutions team seeks a Systems Engineering Manager to lead engineers developing unmanned and manned underwater vehicle systems. The manager guides systems engineering, integration, and test activities from proposals through qualification, oversees technical planning and execution, and works with program leadership, customers, and engineering teams to meet mission objectives within budget and schedule constraints. The role also includes mentoring and developing engineers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringIntegration and TestSubsea SystemsTrade StudiesSystem AnalysisRequirements ManagementSystems ArchitectureModel-Based Systems EngineeringConfiguration ControlVerification PlanningRisk ManagementCustomer InterfaceTechnology Readiness LevelsCost Account ManagementEarned Value ManagementEmployee RecruitmentEmployee TrainingEmployee CoachingMATLAB/SimulinkCameoDOORSControl Systems DesignControl Systems AnalysisCFD Analysis

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or RelatedActive Top Secret/SCI ClearancePrototype System Development ExperienceDevelopmental System Program ExperienceTactical System Development ExperienceMajor Design Review ExperienceCertified Control Account Management

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job Description

The Uncrewed Maritime Solutions within the RMS SEMS line of business is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager to lead a diversified team that includes System Engineers, Controls and Specialty Analysis Engineers and Integration and Test Engineers, located in Palm Beach Facility in South Florida. The successful candidate will be leading a Team that designs and builds unmanned and manned underwater vehicle systems for a variety of customers.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Leadership: Lead a cross-functional team of engineers in performing mission analysis, system architecture, requirements definition/management, integration, test, and verification on unmanned and manned underwater vehicle systems.

  • Guiding SEI&T Engineering Team in program planning, scheduling, trade studies, design concepts, verification, and critical life cycle reviews.

  • Ensuring program staffing is appropriate from an E&T perspective

  • Ensuring MBSE processes and tools are applied to Programs.

  • Supporting proposals with Basis of Estimate development and approval

  • Collaborating with Engineering Excellence management to ensure program milestones are successfully completed.

  • Supporting and leading technical reviews and participating in monthly E&T meetings, staff meetings, and other critical program activities.

  • System Solution Ownership: Be responsible for the system solution to meet mission objectives, ensuring compliance with technical requirements, identifying and mitigating system risks and opportunities, and applying Systems Engineering standard processes and practices.

  • Integration, Test, and Verification: Provide leadership and guidance, focusing on hardware and software integration and testing.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Interface with Program Leadership and other stakeholders to ensure the system solution is achieved within budget and schedule constraints.

  • Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with engineering disciplines and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure synchronized system trades, decisions, design and integration, qualification testing, and verification planning.

  • Mentoring and help build careers of junior engineers in the Systems Engineering discipline through focused training, collaboration and continuous feedback.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership during proposal phase, design and development efforts, integration, test, and qualification.

  • Develop and execute detailed program plans, schedules, and trade study analyses.

  • Lead or support customer briefings, weekly IPT status updates, Technical Interchange Meetings, Technical Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and other critical program reviews.

  • Participate in Failure Review Boards, Risk Management, TRRs and Mission Success Reviews.

  • Support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations.

  • Responsible for managing the technical response for new proposals and working with the technical team to generate estimates and conduct independent technical reviews.

  • Ensuring the overall system requirements and design aligns with strategic goals of the program.

  • Leading cross-functional engineering activities, including trade studies, system analyses, configuration control, verification planning and execution, affordability considerations, and risk and opportunity management.

  • Collaborating with customers, integrating and testing planning and execution, and participating in major design reviews.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline, Math (STEM), or related. MS degree preferred.

Hold Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance.

Prior technical and leadership experience in Systems Engineering and Integration and Test with subsea systems.

Demonstrated ability to lead engineering activities in in subsea system programs, including but not limited to trade studies, system analyses requirements development and management, architecture development, MBSE, configuration control of the technical baseline (SW and HW), verification planning and execution, Integration and Test planning and execution, affordability considerations, and risk and opportunity management.

Experience required includes prototype, developmental and tactical system development program experience, customer interface, requirements derivation/allocation, integration and test planning and execution, understanding of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) and their application, and participation or leadership in major design reviews.

Experience in Cost Account Management and Earned Value Management.

Works closely with program management, functional leads and chief engineer to mitigate risk and execute programs on cost and on schedule.

Coordinate employee recruitment, selection, retention and training.

Defined work scope expectations and resource loading.

Develop and coach employees; complete performance assessments related to salary/recognition, and coordinate disciplinary actions with HR.

Desired Skills

Experience in MBSE tools (i.e., MATLAB/Simulink. Cameo, DOORS) and implementation.

Control Systems design and analysis experience. An understanding of CFD analysis desired.

Earned Value Management (EVM) experience and certified Control Account Management (CAM) experience.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $129000.00 - $239600.00

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 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$129–240K/yr
  • Florida median$98–166K/yr200 salary ranges
  • US median$115–188K/yr7,864 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $184K, is 40% above the Florida median midpoint ($132K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Florida.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 332 open Systems Engineer jobs in Florida and 10,536 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
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 (8,741 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,680 of the 10,536 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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