Description: What We're Doing

At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, we’re building the future of national security. Our customers are worldwide—and so is our reputation for creating original solutions with the latest technologies. Our innovations keep people safe and bring them home to their families at night. We support the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation (CFI) in Suffolk, VA, a critical hub where mission-focused technologies are developed, tested, and integrated.

The Work

As a Systems Engineer Sr., you’ll play a vital role in enabling the CFI mission by providing technical planning, system integration, and engineering support in a fast-paced lab environment.

Your key responsibilities include:

Performing technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation activities.

Supporting lab operations including test design, planning, coordination, execution, and performance analysis across multiple classification levels.

Conducting system and technical analyses for the design, installation, integration, sustainment, and operation of lab infrastructure and subsystems.

Troubleshooting technical issues and resolving system/network configuration challenges using technical documentation to maintain a configuration-managed baseline.

Creating and executing preventive maintenance plans for supported networks, devices, and subsystems.

Please note:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD government clearance at the Top Secret level.

This position is fulltime on site in Suffolk, VA.

This position requires the ability to travel up to 10%.

Who We Are

We are Lockheed Martin—a mission-driven team of engineers, scientists, and innovators working together to solve the world’s toughest challenges. At RMS Engineering, we are deeply committed to supporting our customers' needs while fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and excellence. Our Suffolk site brings together advanced modeling, simulation, and integration to enable rapid capability development and real-time mission experimentation.

Who You Are

You are a skilled systems engineer with a hands-on approach to solving problems. You thrive in lab environments and enjoy taking on diverse technical challenges.

You bring:
Experience in systems engineering, integration, and lab operations.

Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot anomalies and ensure performance alignment.

The ability to work independently and collaboratively, with a focus on mission success.

A continuous improvement mindset and strong attention to detail in a dynamic setting.

Why Join Us

We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus—if you bring the perseverance and curiosity, we’ll help you shape a better tomorrow.

As an employee at Lockheed Martin, your health and well-being come first. From comprehensive medical insurance to tuition reimbursement, legal support, and beyond, we offer exceptional benefits designed to enhance your life, career, and future.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin's Comprehensive benefits package here! '

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, with 5 years of related professional experience; or 3 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

-Simulation systems architecture, integration, configuration management, modification, systems and network administration.

-Projection/display and visualization systems, cockpit hardware, electronic interfaces and mechanical assemblies.

-5 years experience with Linux/Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft products.

-3-5 years simulation system software and hardware installation, configuration, modification and integration experience.

-At least 3 years experience in distributed modeling & simulation and complex IT/AV environments

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD government clearance at the Top Secret level.

This position requires the ability to travel up to 10%.

Desired Skills:

Experience with full fidelity flight simulation systems at multiple classification level environments

Experience in systems design development for experimentation

Strong working knowledge of network design, implementation and troubleshooting, to include simulation protocols.

Experience in conducting technical analyses supporting design, installation, integration, sustainment, and operation of devices, systems/subsystems.

Experience in determining solutions for technical problems and issues to include reconfiguration of systems, networks and infrastructure

Ability to coordinate and lead projects / initiatives across multiple functional areas and diverse groups

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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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: RMS

Relocation Available: Possible

Career Area: Systems Engineering: Models and Simulations

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First