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Systems Engineering Manager

Jobs via Dice
King, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/8/2025 CLOSED ON 1/5/2026

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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.

As a Systems Engineering Associate Manager you'll perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. 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.

In this role you will:

Assist Managers within the department and on programs in building a strong team of individual contributors to plan and successfully execute engineering needs across multiple programs

Partner with Managers and Technical Leaders by:

  • Managing subject matter experts (SMEs) resources to support to programs, proposal, and various other needs such as surge support or participating in tiger teams as well as longer term assignments
  • Performing day to day employee management by fulfilling duties that include but are not limited to assigning work, overseeing that work and workloads, evaluating employee performance, timecard and expense report approvals, etc
  • Participating in forecasting needs, recruiting and hiring decisions
  • Participate in employee development which includes career development, training, and mentoring, etc - Participating in identifying and fulfilling knowledge continuity and knowledge transfer needs

Provide technical leadership and support in one or more of the Special Disciplines. This support will include participating in or leading as an independent reviewer, tiger teams, proposals, and various other technical support needs

Contribute in performing technical work on reentry programs

Support the full life cycle of programs, for example, to help define the Systems Architecture, Requirements and Verification Baseline, development and flight test hardware baseline, ground and flight test planning, and design maturity milestone reviews. Support includes ensuring designs, from the component level to the system level, will meet performance requirements during ground test verifications and when during mission operations.

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Basic Qualifications

Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package.

Demonstrated experience leading a project that includes two or more engineering disciplines

Demonstrated technical experience expertise on programs/projects that involved at least one of the Special Disciplines (Nuclear Hardness and Survivability, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Cyber Security, Reliability, Parts Materials & Process engineering, Safety, etc.)

Experience participating in major program milestone reviews such as PDR and CDR

ship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance

Desired Skills

Demonstrated ability to successfully interface with Customers including strong presentation and communication skills

Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships within programs, with other enterprise organizations, and with customer personnel

Experience with leading collaborative engineering teams to successful completion.

Experience in full life cycle Aerospace/Missile programs

Experience working with subcontractors

Demonstrated ability to coach others to effectively communicate and achieves program/project objectives and priorities.

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related discipline

Experience as Control Account Manger (CAM) performing Earned Value Management (EVM)

Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities

Someone comfortable with communicating in a variety of forums including supplier interface

Good writing, communication and interpersonal skills

A self-starter who develops solutions to technical issues

A motivated individual who's able to work closely within a geographically diverse team to resolve technical issues

Someone with the ability to handle shifting priorities, multiple projects and timeline pressure to meet deadlines

Experience with electronic, mechanical, optical or thermal applications of materials and the applied manufacturing processes

Experience with Material Review Board processes and Quality tracking systems (Q-note system)

Experience with manufacturing work instructions for processes in electronic, component/part, mechanical or materials fabrication

The ability to work with management and program representatives at several levels

Technical leadership of small teams or projects

Proven ability to communicate key project information or recommendations to Program management and /or Customers

Active or Current TS 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.



  • At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

    With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

    If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

    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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