The Systems Integration & Engineering organization within LM Space is searching for a motivated and passionate Mission Operations Support Engineer Lead to join our Ground Product Lines Mission Support Team in King of Prussia, PA or Boulder, CO. In this role, your focus on the program will be as a liaison between our Mission Operations team and our Ground Development Team, ensuring any issues, deliveries, and general support is taken care of.
Roles and responsibilities include:
- Support Mission Operations Team Critical Meetings and respond to issues when they arise
- Regression Test of software when new builds are delivered
- Coordination with program for official software build deliveries
- Support to Mission Operations during critical events
- Clearly communicating ideas and collaborate across multiple teams
- Support both classified on-site and unclassified testing events
Occasional travel may be required.
- Familiarity with the software development lifecycle.
- Experience with the Space domain (satellite ground systems and orbital platforms).
- Experience developing and communicating clear, concise test procedures.
- Experience coordinating testing events and activities in complex environments.
- Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance; US citizenship required.
- Strong communication and coordination skills
- Previous Experience with Ground Product Line Tools and Applications (Compass, Horizon)
- Experience with continuous integration pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Travis, etc.)
- Self-driven - ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to work and communicate with teams spread across the country
- Experience with writing use cases, scenarios, and software requirements for complex systems and defining measurements of success for them
- Experience with 1LMX Test and Development tools, software, and processes (e.g. Cypress, CI/CD pipelines, Docker container deployments, Kubernetes)
- Experience with AI driven 1LMX tools for test and development
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Familiarity with the software development lifecycle
- Experience with the space domain, including satellite ground systems and orbital platforms
- Experience developing and communicating clear, concise test procedures
- Experience coordinating testing events and activities in complex environments
- Must be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Strong communication and coordination skills
- Experience with Ground Product Line tools and applications, including Compass and Horizon
- Experience with continuous integration pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab, or Travis
- Experience writing use cases, scenarios, and software requirements for complex systems
- Experience defining measurements of success for complex systems
- Experience with 1LMX test and development tools and processes, including Cypress, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience with AI-driven 1LMX tools for test and development
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