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Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space

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.

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What does this role look like?

Navy Strategic Programs (NSP) is experiencing significant growth, and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers. If you are seeking a career that has tremendous impact beyond any one individual come and be a part of the Fleet Ballistic Missile program. We are helping the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic deterrence. 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.

This is a rare opportunity to work closely alongside our Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) partners to field a number of future strategic systems that the nation urgently needs!

Join the Storied FBM team and help shape and integrate the next generation D5 missile. The successful candidate will serve as technical program lead reporting to the Avionics Director on the D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) program.

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• The technical lead for the D5LE2 Avionics organization is responsible for developing the missile avionics architecture and overseeing the engineering of both tactical missile avionics and test missile kit avionics. The individual has the following responsibilities:

• Developing the functional and logical architecture for the missile system.

• Creating the physical architecture for the avionics boxes and their components.

• Conducting architecture trade studies.

• Supporting key design trade studies and decisions.

• Ensuring the successful execution of near-term program milestones, including System Requirements Reviews (SRRs), System Design Reviews (SDRs), and Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs) for all tactical and test missile boxes and components.

• Leading follow-on efforts such as the development of Engineering Models, execution of Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), early flight tests, pre-production and full-rate production hardware and software, leading to deployment.

• The Missile Data Bus Research & Development (R&D) project also includes the following:

- Significant collaboration with the customer and co-contractors as well as technology suppliers

- Conducting system level trade studies.

- Exploring ways to maximize flexibility and modularity in support of system level implementation.

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Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

You will have regular engagement with the following stakeholders:

• The Navy Customer.

• Co-contractors.

• Other supporting Navy organizations.

• Subcontractors and supplier industry partners.

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Your responsibilities include:

• Defining and documenting the architecture and requirements.

• Developing analysis plans.

• Participating in design and documentation reviews.

• Conducting trade studies.

• Reviewing technical documents and analyses.

• Interfacing with subcontractors and suppliers.

• Ensuring the architecture is maintained throughout the product development lifecycle and requirements compliance is achieved.

• Travel to the various LM Navy Strategic Program facilities, customer, and supplier locations.

Basic Qualifications:

To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education

• Previous technical architecture experience on a missile system.

• You will need to be a US Citizen, andcurrently possess and be able to maintain a US DoD TOP SECRET clearance,to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Desired Skills:

To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

• Five years or more experience as a technical lead of a subsystem or electrical component

• Prior missile, guided projectile, or missile defense experience

• Knowledge of space-based survivability impacts due to severe radiation environments and their impact on robust architectures and electronics

• Demonstrated capability to work with other companies and cross functional teams in a formative environment, as evidenced by excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to organize, motivate, and lead a group of diverse personnel that includes customers, partners, and suppliers

• Experience across the engineering development lifecycle, including research & development, requirements decomposition, subsystem architecture and design, implementation, integration, test and verification, and deployment)

• Experience coordinating disciplines to produce design artifacts relating to avionics systems, including block and interface diagrams, system descriptions, technical evaluations, supplier documentation, and basic integration and test plans

• Experience in electrical design and integration, electronic packages, networks, data bus and cable technologies

• Knowledge of a broad set of computer and common aircraft technologies and interfaces (e.g. sensors, mission systems, software designs, avionics databus)

• Strong communication skills, and experience presenting to peers, leadership, and/or customers

• Proven ability to work effectively and collaborate in a team environment.

• Knowledge of LMCO and LM Space programs and command media is highly desirable

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*PLEASE NOTE-Other important information: *

• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, 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.

• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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Benefits of Employment:

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.

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Hiring Our Heroes

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At Space we value your skills, training, and education. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin Space employee… join us to experience your future!

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Top Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest: 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.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: 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.

Schedule for this Position: Part-Time as assigned by leader

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington or Washington DC is $140,400 - $269,100. 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.

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: SPACE

Relocation Available: No

Career Area: Program Management

Type: Call-In

Shift: First