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Sr. Systems Engineer - C4ISR

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

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Job Responsibilities

Job ID: 697643BR Date posted: Jul. 14, 2025
Description:What We’re Doing:
The Rotary Mission Systems (RMS) Command, Control, Communications, Computers Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) portfolio of programs within the Valley Forge site has experienced increase demand for Systems Engineers throughout its portfolio. C4ISR customers are looking to the RMS Valley Forge team to provide effective solutions to their military users. Programs such as Datalinks, AIR6500 and JASSM Enterprise Software (JES) need Systems Engineers on their programs to ensure these solutions meet the customer needs while optimizing cost and productivity.

The Work:
You will be assigned tasks to mature Systems Engineering artifacts, such as requirements, modeling diagrams and verification/validation plans
As a level 3 Systems Engineer, you will be expected to learn the customer mission & technical concepts, such as datalinks, on the job while working alongside your Valley Forge based teammates. As a result, this role will require at least 2 days per week in the office to ensure merging into the current team and successfully get the required on the job training. You will be expected to independently coordinate with internal or external products owners after receiving handover introductions from the current teammates.
Occasional travel, including internationally, may be required on a quarterly basis or less.

Who We Are:
At the RMS Valley Forge site, we have a portfolio of programs supporting the C4ISR Market Segment. The Datalinks program provides Systems Engineering and Software solutions to enable military platforms to communicate critical mission data over Link 16 across many platforms in the Joint All Domain environment. The AIR6500 programs brings a new deployable Air Battle Management capabilities to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to enable air superiority and connectivity in defense of Australia. The JASSM Enterprise Software team provides automated targeting, weaponeering and battle management data throughout the JASSM enterprise.

Who You Are:
Since you have started your career, you have been in roles as a Systems Engineer or performing Integration and Test. A level 3 employee is typically mid-career and has 3 to 5+ years of professional experience. Your experience in these roles has exposed you to best practices for delivery programs of record to military users. The results of your efforts have led to improvement in warfighter capability. You are most interested in expanding your Systems Engineering acumen by getting more hands on experience in either developing Systems Engineering artifacts or performing Integration and Test on a system. You have some knowledge of military systems and missions based on your prior experience but want to learn different domains to expand your knowledge.

Why Join Us:
Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life
Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

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Basic Qualifications:
•Experience generating and maturing system requirements
•Hands-on experience with systems integration or systems verification
•Career interest in working all aspects of the Systems Engineering lifecycle
•Knowledge of fundamental Systems Engineering principles
•Active DoD Secret Clearance
Desired Skills:
• Data Link Gateway J-Series, message processing experience (receipt, transmission, translation, storage)
• Experience creating or updating Model-based system engineering (MBSE) artifacts (e.g., Cameo/Rhapsody). Rhapsody experience highly desired.
• Experience developing System Use Cases, creating hardware/software test plans, and writing test procedures
• Link 16 Expertise associated with MIL-STD-6016
• Experience working with Air Battle Management systems
•Experience working with ground-based deployed systems
• Experience implementing automated testing
• AFSIT certification
• PVI design and testing experience
• Experience working through hardware and software integration challenges
• Agile Expertise
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: 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: 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: 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.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: RMS
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Design and Verification
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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