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Systems Engineer - Mid Career

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Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/7/2026
Job Description

"Ahead of Ready"

At Lockheed Martin, we are shaping the future of space exploration and defense. As a leader in the industry, we are known for our pioneering spirit, collaborative partnerships, innovative thinking, and commitment to building remarkable products.

Our team is dedicated to making a positive impact on the world by leveraging our unique skills and experiences to tackle complex engineering challenges. We are passionate about delivering exceptional results and creating a better tomorrow.

We are at the forefront of hypersonic missile development, and we want you to be a part of this exciting journey. If you share our passion for innovation and our commitment to making a difference in the world, we welcome you to join us.

Learn more about our Hypersonic Solutions here.

The Hypersonics Advanced Programs team is looking for a Systems Engineer - Requirements Lead on the Razor team for a Research and Development project. In this role, you will report to the Systems Engineering Requirements and Verification Manager.

Your responsibilities may include:

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

Participate in interdisciplinary engineering efforts as part of a hypersonic development project, 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 work across Lockheed Martin business areas to progress towards a common goal

About the Locations

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Basic Qualifications

Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package.

Experience as a Systems Engineer

Experience Developing, Deriving, Or Verifying Requirements

Experience performing requirement traceability gap analysis

Experience with applying core systems engineering principles and processes such as trade studies and contributing to major program milestone reviews

Eligibility to obtain/maintain a Secret Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship is required

Desired Skills

8 years experience in Systems Engineering

ABET Accredited Bachelor's degree in engineering field

Experience as a systems engineer executing a missile development program and achieving a successful flight test

Experience Writing Requirements Specifications And Verifying Requirements

Adept at DOORS with DOORS admin experience

Proficient with DXL

Experience contributing to major milestone reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR)

Has mentored less experienced employees and contributed to team professional development

Experience developing PowerPoint slides and formally briefing customers and executives

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

Active or Current Secret Security Clearance

EEO

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

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.



  • Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

    As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

    Other Important Information

    By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

    Work Schedule Information

    Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

    National Pay Statement

    Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $109,200 - $192,510. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.

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

    (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.

    This position is incentive plan eligible.

    Premium Pay Statement

    Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $125,600 - $217,695. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.

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

    This position is incentive plan eligible.

    Salary : $109,200 - $192,510

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