Why This Role Stands Out
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to lead critical engineering efforts within a renowned aerospace and defense leader, fostering growth and impact through exciting integration and test activities. You'll thrive here if you possess strong technical expertise and a passion for collaborative leadership, making this an ideal position to advance your career.
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Job Description
Job Number 6754 Standard Job Description Who We Are Lockheed Martin is a global leader in aerospace, defense, and technology solutions. Our Manassas campus is a thriving center of engineering expertise, fostering a culture that encourages creativity, excellence, and the creation of exceptional products. Our team is made up of dedicated professionals who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of whats possible. The Work The Submarine C5I Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) program is seeking a full-time, highly motivated Execution Team Lead.
As a Team Lead, you will guide a cross-functional team through design, integration, and test activities that span New Construction (NEWCON) and modernization platforms. Your guidance will drive the delivery of a robust and reliable combat system to the Submarine Force. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with hands-on leadership to align goals, manage schedules, drive process excellence, and foster a high-performing collaborative environment. Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance.
Who You Are Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary liaison for internal and external stakeholders across multiple Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS) subsystems, representing the team's technical focus areas while maintaining transparent communication.
- Direct the integration of production solutions with SE&I Architecture product teams, defining workflow and communication standards that align with and advance the program's objectives.
- Operate autonomously under general direction; set assignment goals for the team, execute work, and present deliverables for review at critical milestones.
- Cultivate a positive, inclusive team culture by removing blockers, mentoring members, and coordinating career-development plans with the leadership team.
- Clearly communicate program objectives to the team and ensure their goals and priorities are aligned with the overall program strategy.
- Oversee and drive timely completion of Feature and Bug work, ensuring proper status tracking, testing, and verification.
- Coordinate System of System level testing (e.g., SLTs) and provide logistics and personnel support for demo events (SOP, Ops Demo) as well as for NEWCON and dockside testing.
- Own the team's master schedule, tracking all milestones, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Proactively identify, assess, and drive mitigation of technical and schedule risks.
- Enforce consistent execution of defined processes and procedures while partnering with the team to identify improvement opportunities and lead change implementation.
- Assess staffing needs, coordinate with leadership to fill gaps, and allocate resources efficiently across projects and tasks.
- Provide practical solutions to a broad spectrum of complex technical problems, ensuring they align with program objectives and constraints.
- Influence program strategy by providing input on objectives, contributing to roadmap discussions, and driving alignment with senior leadership.
- Supply timely, relevant inputs for Bay/Hardware planning decisions. 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.
Basic Qualifications To excel in this role, you should possess the following qualifications and attributes:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret (or higher) security clearance; this position will require a government security clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field) from an accredited institution with 5+ years of related experience; or comparable experience in lieu of degree.
- Demonstrated experience in systems engineering and/or integration/test, with proven problem-solving abilities to develop technical solutions for large-scale, complex projects.
- Demonstrated leadership experience across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience with submarine combat systems or similar Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Cyber, and Intelligence (C5I) systems.
- Experience working on teams in a geographically dispersed and virtual environments.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to interface with internal and external stakeholders with a high degree of technical and interpersonal competency.
- Strong organizational skills.
Desired Skills
- Experience (or strong familiarity) with SWFTS architecture & infrastructure including operating systems, display systems, time distribution, and/or network infrastructure (switches).
- Familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence products, including experience with agile project planning, issue tracking, and collaboration tools.
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering principles and tools.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and principles.
- Knowledge of system and software architecture concepts, such as containerization and cloud technologies.
Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00 At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally. 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, candidates 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.
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