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Description: Curious where the nation is going with Overhead Persistent Infrared?

Join Lockheed Martin's team that crafts and builds the current and future generation of space systems that creatively combines satellite technology, sophisticated sensors, and data processing to provide crucial global infrared data 24/7. This mission advises Presidential decisions and defends the US and its allies in a rapidly evolving environment. Help us advance our OPIR designs and deliver survivable satellites with nuclear-hardened electronics, sophisticated communications, resiliency and cyber security.

OPIR is a mission area where you can make big things happen and solve some of the country’s hardest problems. Come join a team that has a vision for the future of space and knows what it takes to get there!

Lockheed Martin is looking for an energetic and high performing Senior Systems Engineer to join the OPIR NGG team in Sunnyvale, California. This role is working with the program office of the Next Gen Overhead Persistent InfraRed (OPIR) Geostationary (GEO) Satellite (NGG) program, reporting to the Program Integration and Projects Manager as a member of the Program Management Office responsible for supporting a range of activities.

In this role you will:

• Optimize business operations and flow of information across the program between all IPTs and PMO functions

• Support contractual systems engineering to integrate technical and contractual information to satisfy program unique requirements

• Develop program specific contractual systems engineering knowledge book and training materials

• Provide technical assistance to the Program Management Office Leadership team

• Provide oversight of the various program Integrated Digital Environments SharePoint sites

• Assess program effectiveness and interface with government customers for management feedback, expectation management, and organizational process improvement

• Travel domestically (less than 10%) as necessary to fulfill job responsibilities

Typically has 5 - 10 years of professional experience.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin cultivates an inclusive work environment that inspires differences and big-picture thinking.

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

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a technical or business oriented discipline

• Experience on a space related program

• Knowledge of program lifecycle and how early milestones may drive future costs

• Demonstrated ability to work with technical leads to manage cost, schedule, and technical scope

• Active Secret security clearance

Desired Skills:

• Extensive space/satellite program systems engineering and integration experience (minimum 5 years)

• Experience with project and earned value management as a Certified Control Account Manager

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

• Project and proposal management experience

• Positive attitude, accountable and responsible and able to work in a team-focused, dynamic environment

• Self-Starter with strong problem solving skills and the ability to multitask

• Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker with the ability to select and apply appropriate systems thinking skills to solve problems and implement constructive change

• Experience working with USG customers

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact effectively with customers, management, & peers

• Active TS/SCI security clearance

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

Clearance Level: TS/SCI

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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

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: 9x80 every other Friday off

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.

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

job.Qualifications

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.

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