Chief Engineer Principal

Job Overview Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Chief Engineer for a software ground system on a potential National Security Space program (pending contract award). The role involves leading the technical direction, defining system capabilities, overseeing integration, and ensuring ongoing operation and improvement of space mission ground systems. Candidates should have broad experience in software engineering, development, and operations. Responsibilities Deliver end-to-end mission capability while managing the technical baseline and serving as chair of the Engineering Review Board (ERB) and Requirements to Operations Management Board (ROMB). Lead requirements development, decomposition, and verification that requirements/features are complete, consistent, and traceable across all contractual documents and the system architecture. Define and lead the team’s execution of processes and procedures for the 24x7 support and sustainment of existing customer ground systems for spacecraft missions ensuring continuous high system availability and long-term maintenance health of the systems. Lead verification and validation (V&V) planning and execution, including test plan definition, test bed and simulator requirements, and test article development. Lead/support development of solution approaches for new task orders added to the program. Support execution and new business across the NSS/SOA mission segment through shared collaboration, innovation concepts and support to other programs/efforts as requested. Establish senior technical program business rhythms (e.g., daily ops status, monthly status brief, quarterly risk review) and ensure engineering best practices and standards are applied. Act as the primary technical point of contact for reporting technical status of the program to customers and internally to Lockheed Martin Space, including Enhanced Program Reporting System (EPRS) coordination. Identify and implement cost, schedule, and/or quality improvement initiatives, especially as they are enabled by new digital capabilities being fielded by the enterprise. During program execution, manage and timely resolve the program’s top technical issues, including assembling the teams, providing technical guidance, engaging the enterprise, and communicating with the customers. Provide technical support and leadership in daily operations and occasional travel (~15%). Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (or related technical field) or equivalent experience/combined education. Knowledge and experience with ground systems agile software development and sustainment for space systems related tasking, planning, command and control, data delivery, data processing, data exploitation, and data visualization, including defining new ground system features and solution designs. Experience supporting software system cost estimating; awareness of cost account management principles, techniques, and processes. Demonstrated experience as a technical leader, coordinating across multiple teams. Demonstrated ability to communicate successfully across all levels of an organization from entry level to executive Vice Presidents. U.S. citizenship with an active TS security clearance, with the ability to be granted an SCI. Desired Skills Broad understanding of the U.S. Government’s customer ground systems environment, including cybersecurity and deployment requirements and standards. Demonstrated experience leading a ground system software development effort, including testing, feature/requirement verification, and sell-off activities. Demonstrated experience integrating new space missions/platforms into a common satellite operations center. Demonstrated experience with ground terminal operations and sustainment. Demonstrated experience supporting, sustaining and enhancing software developed by another team/contractor. Experience with the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Control Network (SCN). Experience delivering software via DevSecOps. Experience establishing and forming a new project team distributed across multiple locations. Strong organizational, motivational and leadership skills and in-depth technical expertise. Security Clearance Statement This position requires a government security clearance. Candidates must be U.S. citizens. Clearance level required: TS/SCI. Location & Work Arrangement Onsite Full-time at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. Schedule: 9x80, with every other Friday off. Travel may be required up to approximately 15% of the time. Equal Opportunity Statement Lockheed Martin is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr