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# Systems Engineer Staff

- **Company:** Lockheed Martin
- **Location:** Littleton, CO, United States
- **Salary:** $118,000.0 - $219,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration, SC Clearance
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3373903981&tx=JP7771FFJ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor Degree in an engineering or related discipline.
 * Systems engineering experience within requirements, verification, and validation.
 * Experience with missile, defense, aerospace, or related systems.
 * Experience with DOORS or another requirements management tool.
 * Active or current Secret clearance; US citizenship required.

Desired Skills

 * Knowledge of AGILE process.
 * Experence with MBSE.
 * Experience with system level integration and testing events.

## 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 System Engineer Staff on the Medusa program, you be responsible for development system requirements and determining verification methods.

In this role, you will:

 * Support the requirement and verification lead
 * Ensure the system requirements are complete, traceable, testable and aligned with stakeholder needs
 * Maintain requirements and verification data in a requirements management tool (i.e. DOORS)
 * Coordinate and document verification planning
 * Support requirements reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR)

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. 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.


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