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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineering - Mission Thread Lead - **Company:** Lockheed Martin - **Location:** Littleton, CO, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $109,200.0 - $192,510.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Systems Integration, Software Verification - **Published:** May 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27693579/Systems-Engineering-Mission-Thread-Lead-Colorado-Littleton-1301 ## About the Role * Experienced technical lead in systems engineering or another engineering field * Experience integrating or troubleshooting electrical or hardware-software systems * Experience with requirements verification and validation * Active or current Secret Security clearance; US Citizenship Required Desired Skills: * Customer interaction and familiarity with the DoD Labs/Facilities * Demonstrated understanding and application of Systems Engineering and a Systems Thinking mindset * Experience working with groups and organizations outside of your immediate product area * Experience with Software Development * Experience with Guidance Navigation and Control * Ability to manage multiple, often-competing requests, effectively prioritizing the most urgent ones * Ability to look across the entire system to identify potential impacts of a change * Ability to plan out and accomplish tasks with minimal oversight and support * Passion to apply creative problem solving and creative thinking to accomplish what seems impossible * Excellent presentation and written communication skills Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration., Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. ## Description Description:Protecting what matters most is the mission that matters most. The Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) program offers challenging and unique career opportunities, working across the full development lifecycle, and resulting in fielding advanced hypersonic weapon systems to the warfighter. Learn more about our Hypersonic Solutions. As the Systems Engineer - Mission Thread Lead you will build relationships across the program and with our national partners to meet all critical program milestones and ensure clean handoffs. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining and adjusting the detailed plan coordinating the multiple teams, and to facilitate discussions and problem resolution and issues or gaps are discovered. What does this role look like? * Work with IPT Senior Managers and Program Executives to translate the long-range plans into a synchronized execution roadmap * Develop strong working relationships with the larger systems team, national team members, and customers to ensure successful delivery of each software build * Integrate with the systems verification and test teams to facilitate a clean handoff of software for testing across multiple sites * Connect multi-discipline communities to tackle challenges and gaps in development and test * Establish, manage, and communicate team expectations, goals, roles, responsibilities, and objectives * Utilize your excellent interpersonal skills to coordinate and resolve programmatic and technical issues across the program, identify risks, and appropriate mitigation plans * Collaborate with government and customer representatives in support of critical schedule and distributed multi-element deliveries and activities * This role does require travel to customer sites, approximately 25% ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Rethinking Intelligence: AI, Accessibility, and the Future of Inclusive Work - Artur Ortega](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1377-rethinking-intelligence-ai-accessibility-and-the-future-of-inclusive-work-artur-ortega) - [AI Agents & Agentic AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2017-ai-agents-agentic-ai) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Breaking the Hardware Mindset: Overcoming Barriers to System-Level Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1635-breaking-the-hardware-mindset-overcoming-barriers-to-system-level-innovation) - [The Intent Engineer: Closing the Gap Between Business & Engineering - Manuel Klein](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1855-the-intent-engineer-closing-the-gap-between-business-engineering-manuel-klein) ## Related Articles - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [The Ultimate Software Engineer Career Path Guide for 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/146-the-ultimate-software-engineer-career-path-guide-for-2023) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)