26 mission systems engineer jobs found in Huntsville

Description: Role Overview Lead and execute flight test planning for new development programs. Serve as a technical leader and hands-on engineer, ensuring all flight test requirements are met while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Influence program outcomes from early development through execution. Key Duties / Responsibilities • Plan, implement, and execute flight tests for developmental hardware • Develop comprehensive test plans, procedures, and schedules • Integrate in-house and commercial components into full systems or subsystems • Coordinate testing activities across programs and external organizations • Analyze test results, prepare reports, and verify/validate system performance • Write discrepancy reports and perform regression testing for fixes • Ensure all testing meets technical, schedule, and cost constraints Work Environment • Fast-paced, collaborative team working across multiple sites • Close interaction with government agencies, test...

Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space! At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to think big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, encouragement and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you! Lockheed Martin is looking for an experienced and dynamic Chief Engineer Principle to join the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) program. As the Launcher Chief Engineer for THAAD, you will: • Support the THAAD Chief Engineer with primary delegated responsibility for the THAAD Launcher • Act as the main technical authority...

Description: The coolest job on this planet….or any other….are with Lockheed Martin Space. By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we 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 career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a health, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours. Learn more about THAAD As a System Engineer Asc supporting the Terminal High‑Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program, you will play a pivotal role in translating...

Description: Role Overview Join the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team as a System Integration/Test Engineer. You’ll help integrate, test, and validate missile defense systems that could change how we deter threats. This entry-level role gives hands-on experience in cutting-edge vehicle integration and test within a collaborative development environment. Key Duties / Responsibilities ● Support mechanical and electrical vehicle integration and testing to ensure full system functionality ● Coordinate readiness and daily test activities across multiple disciplines, including internal and external teams ● Conduct or assist in certified test procedures, ensuring accurate execution from initial build to final production ● Develop and follow test procedure flows at the production facility ● Coordinate equipment and software support for integration and test activities ● Analyze test results and prepare reports to verify and validate system performance ● Document...

Description: Role Overview As a Systems Integration and Test Engineer Associate Manager, you will lead and guide the assembly, integration, and testing of hardware systems supporting the THAAD Ground program. You will provide technical direction across development, production, and post-production phases, helping deliver mission-critical capabilities to defense customers. Key Duties / Responsibilities • Provide technical oversight for assembly, integration, and testing activities • Guide work across development, production, and post-production operations • Lead and support teams in executing hardware integration and test efforts • Develop and review technical documentation, test plans, and presentations • Present program status and technical results to leadership and customers • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and improve processes • Support program reviews and ensure alignment with customer requirements Work Environment This role is based on...

Description: Space and strategic defense systems operate in some of the most unforgiving environments imaginable. Success depends on precision — and thermal performance is often the difference between mission success and mission failure. At Lockheed Martin Space, we are redefining resilience and speed through our 21st Century Security® vision. We don’t just build systems — we engineer survivability, performance, and reliability into every component. As a Level 4 Thermal Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader driving the thermal architecture of advanced missile systems from concept through qualification and production. This position supports spacecraft, missile, hypersonic, or other advanced aerospace platforms operating in extreme and highly dynamic environments. If you’re looking for ownership, influence, and the opportunity to solve complex, high-consequence engineering challenges — this role is built for you. -----------------------------------------------------...

Description: Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. Intercepting a bullet with a bullet while traveling at thousands of kilometers per second...

Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space OVERVIEW: Space is entering a new era—and Lockheed Martin Space is helping lead it. Our engineers, scientists, and innovators are solving some of the world’s most complex technical challenges while building the spacecraft and technologies that protect nations, advance discovery, and expand what’s possible beyond Earth. At Lockheed Martin, your work has real impact. Every day our teams design and deliver satellites and spacecraft that: • Provide early warning for severe weather and global threats • Connect troops and critical missions across the globe • Enable GPS navigation for billions of people • Support exploration and scientific discovery beyond our planet But going to space is just the beginning. What matters most is what happens once we get there. We’re developing the next generation of intelligent satellites—spacecraft that operate like “smartphones in orbit,” with...

Description: Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. The System Engineer for the Targets and Countermeasures Production Program will support...

Description: As a Flight Test System & Power Engineer, you will provide the following: • Electrical engineer leveraging 3+ years of analog circuit design in support of flight termination and power distribution subsystems. • Work on a Flight Systems engineering team to execute legacy commanded and new development autonomous flight termination systems (FTS) and power distribution. • Coordinate and communicate across multiorganizational teams, supporting Responsible Systems Engineer (RSE) and Certified Principal Engineers (CPEs) to ensure proper integration at the All-Up Round and Weapon System levels. • Understand vehicle configurations, system architecture, and drive meaningful requirements and verification efforts. • Collaborate with industry partners in support of critical Fuzing Board and Range Safety reviews for design compliance. • Support integration, test and failure investigation activities onsite in the Deer Creek test line lab, at the vehicle manufacturing facility...

Description: Shape the Survivability of the Nation’s Most Critical Systems At Lockheed Martin Space, we don’t just build spacecraft — we engineer strategic deterrence, national resilience, and mission assurance in the most demanding environments imaginable. Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. What...

Description: Shape the Survivability of the Nation’s Most Critical Systems At Lockheed Martin Space, we don’t just build spacecraft — we engineer strategic deterrence, national resilience, and mission assurance in the most demanding environments imaginable. The Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program represents one of the most technically complex and nationally significant missile defense efforts underway. As a Loads & Dynamics Engineer on NGI, you will directly influence the structural integrity, survivability, and performance of flight hardware operating in extreme dynamic environments. This role is ideal for engineers who want to own high-consequence analyses, influence system architecture, and operate at the intersection of modeling, test, and mission execution. What You Will Do As a key member of the Loads & Dynamics team, you will: • Lead structural dynamics analyses supporting flight hardware across development and qualification phases • Develop and...

Description: As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Bring your experience and passion for engineering to Lockheed Martin, and build the systems which support our nation's defense systems. • This requisition is used to capture interested candidates in opportunities at Lockheed Martin. • You can’t and will not be hired on this requisition. Actual job responsibilities, levels, and locations...

Description: As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Bring your experience and passion for engineering to Lockheed Martin, and build the systems which support our nation's defense systems. • This requisition is used to capture interested candidates in opportunities at Lockheed Martin. • You can’t and will not be hired on this requisition. Actual job responsibilities, levels, and locations...

Description: As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Bring your experience and passion for engineering to Lockheed Martin, and build the systems which support our nation's defense systems. • This requisition is used to capture interested candidates in opportunities at Lockheed Martin. • You can’t and will not be hired on this requisition. Actual job responsibilities, levels, and locations...

Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space! At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and deliver results to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and spirit to dream big, we want to strengthen a better tomorrow with you. Lockheed Martin Space has an immediate opportunity for an experienced System Safety Engineer at our Huntsville, AL facility. If you have an interest in working for a company that develops national defense systems, come and be a part of our System Safety Engineering Team. At Lockheed Martin Space, we are passionate about...

Description: Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. Come join Lockheed Martin's Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) team. Our system will...

Description: Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. The Mechanical Engineer – Thermal Engineering (Level 2) will support the design,...

Description: The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space OVERVIEW: Space is a critical domain—connecting our technologies, strengthening our security, and advancing humanity. While some view space as a destination, we see it as a domain of limitless possibility. It is where innovation accelerates, partnerships expand, and technology transforms the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we harness the full potential of space to drive innovation, improve affordability, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. Guided by our 21st Century Security® vision, we are developing resilient, future-ready solutions that address the most complex challenges facing our nation and the world. Through collaboration across industries and global partnerships, we are advancing next-generation spacecraft and empowering the workforce that will shape tomorrow’s missions. Together, we are reimagining how space connects and protects our world—ensuring...

Description: What We're Doing Become a part of something IMPACT-ful! Ground Missile Defense (GMD) is the heart of the Missile Defense System and a key element of our nation’s defense against ballistic missile attacks. The GMD Weapon System (GWS) processes data from multiple sensors to identify and characterize the inbound ballistic missile threat, plans the best defensive solution, and launches the intercepting missiles to negate the threat. The Work The selected Systems Engineer responsibilities will include the support of the Ground Weapons System (GWS) program as an individual contributor on the A&D Requirements team. This role is responsible for developing Systems Engineering products that directly support the design and development of the GWS capability on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/teams comprised of...