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Systems Engineer - Entry Level

Lockheed Martin
Huntsville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Dec 2025
💰 $119,830/yr($60,200/yr – $119,830/yr)

About the role

Security Clearance

Secret

Shift

First

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Business Area

Space

Department

71L0A00:NGI SE

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Job Code/Title

E1461:Systems Engineer Asc

Job Class

Systems Engineering: Other

Job Category

4 yr and up College

Program

NGI

Req Type

Full-Time

Job Description

"Ahead of Ready".

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 diverse career opportunities designed to propel development 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. 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.

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 diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility.

Defending against modern day missile threats is a complex and ever-evolving challenge that requires a collaborative and innovative approach. By working together and leveraging cutting-edge technology, you can develop effective solutions to detect, control, and engage the full spectrum of missile threats across every domain.

The Lockheed Martin Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team is seeking experienced Systems Engineers to be part of a team developing missile defense technology that could forever change our ability to deter and respond to adversity.
As a member of the NGI team, you will perform tasks related to the development of the overall system.

Roles and Responsibilities:
As a key member of the NGI Requirements team, you will provide key contributions to various groups within the Systems Engineering and Integration (SEI) organization. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills and be able to work closely with engineers from various disciplines.

In addition, you will:
• Support all phases of the program lifecycle.
• Produce key deliverables such as Product Specifications, CDRLs, Design Review OE, etc.
• Work with technical SMEs across the program Develop a broad skillset across Systems Engineering and related disciplines.



Learn more about the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) using this link

This position is in Rocket City USA, one of the greatest places to work: Huntsville, AL



Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related discipline
• Must be eligible and willing to obtain a DoD Secret Level Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship required

Desired skills

• Familiar with Systems Engineering processes across a product life cycle (e.g. design, requirements verification/validation, production, etc
• Experienced with Requirements Development
• Experience supporting or leading Technical Development Teams
• Candidates with a Final Secret clearance desired.

State

Alabama

Zip

35805

EEO

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.

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Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team wor

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