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# Systems Engineering Mgr

- **Company:** Lockheed Martin
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Salary:** $129,000.0 - $239,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Hardware Design, Systems Analysis, Scaled Agile Framework
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9177134/systems-engineering-mgr

## About the Role

* Previous technical leadership in system analysis or flight sciences roles on missile development or space hardware programs

 * Previous responsibility for cost, schedule, and technical contract scope on a missile or space hardware development program

 * Experience leading technical teams through major system design reviews

 * Active DoD Top Secret Security Clearance; US citizenship is required

Desired Skills

 * Previous experience in requirements development and weapon system design for missile development program or similar.

 * Previous experience in leading system analysis efforts including finite element, thermal, separation dynamics, system behavioral modeling, aerodynamic, or similar.

 * Deep knowledge in System Modeling & Simulation and Flight Sciences as well as Verification & Validation.

 * Recent Experience utilizing Scaled Agile Framework or similar on new missile or space hardware development program.

 * Demonstrated experience in utilizing lessons learned from previous development efforts and adapting those to current efforts.

 * Demonstrated experience in collaborating across an organizational enterprise and leveraging relationships to produce positive outcomes for multiple stakeholder teams.

## Description

As the Performance Analysis Manager on the NGI program you will be part of the Systems Engineering leadership team.

In this role, you will:

 * Lead the definition of missile defense scenarios

 * Execute medium or high-fidelity digital system simulation tools

 * Execute and analyze performance with component stand-alone simulation tools

 * Create, update, and execute scripts to process data output

 * Lead the analysis of weapon system performance data for current or future capabilities

 * Analyze and provide recommendations to models and key system algorithms

 * Perform flight test pre- and post-mission analysis

 * Provide analysis recommendations to system level design reviews

 * Work across the organization and customer/user community to ensure consensus and understanding of system performance and trades


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