Senior Hardware Engineer, Level 3 -Clearance Required

This Senior Hardware Engineer position at Lockheed Martin Space is contingent on the Water Moccasin program award. The role involves leading team startup activities, aligning MUE hardware/software, providing 2-hour recall response for mission-critical systems, and performing administrative and system admin tasks. Responsibilities also include network management, configuration management of applications, end-user support, and preventative maintenance for C2 ground hardware. The role emphasizes efficiency and requires participation in working groups and presentations to customers and leadership.

Must Have

• Minimum 2 years Space mission operations experience
• Experience maintaining mission unique hardware systems and/or networks
• Experience with anomaly response/resolution
• Leadership experience of a technical team as team lead, project lead, or formal leader
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to multi-task and meet competing deadlines
• Active TS/SCI clearance and CI poly
• Hardware/software maintenance experience

Good to Have

• Experience developing hardware/network/system troubleshooting procedures/documentation
• Data center experience
• System Admin experience
• Experience utilizing Python, PERL, Linux, AWS
• Previous experience with a customer base on a program for complex systems and issue resolution
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Enjoys working in a team environment and collaborating with people in different functions
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

Perks & Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with generous matching and company contributions
• Professional development (mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs)
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Paid Time Off, paid holidays, paid time off for jury duty and military obligations
• Flexible work schedules (Flex-time)

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.

This position is contingent upon the program award expected by year-end 2025.

This role is first of the C2 Hardware Engineering team on the new Water Moccasin program. The responsibilities of this role require:

• Team startup activities such as procedure and training development for the Command and Control IT (C2IT) system
• Alignment of Mission Unique Element (MUE) hardware, software, and Mission Application software
• 2 hour recall response for hardware or other mission-critical systems as directed by customer (hardware and transmission issue troubleshooting and resolution)
• Administrative tasks (e.g., privileged user, issue tracking, testing, metrics/trending, coordination, training, and documentation)
• System Admin tasks to manage user access, software licenses, and file storage
• Network Management configuration tasks
• Configuration management of mission unique applications bundles, modifications, and the ground application repository
• Support to end users with baseline updates
• Preventative and periodic maintenance and sparing, daily checks for C2 ground hardware
• Efficiency mindset – aligned with Lean Operations philosophy (operational success balanced with continual resource optimization. It is a constant goal, and a comprehensive philosophy that extends beyond automating 24/7 operator activities; it includes all functions where every manual activity is an optimization opportunity)
• Participate in and/or lead working groups and make presentations/recommendations to customers and the leadership team on detailed technical aspects of the system

Candidate should have hardware/software maintenance experience, advanced communication skills, and a strong desire to help the greater team be successful.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. If you are looking to develop your technical skills and contribute to a dynamic, fast-moving, high-performance team while adapting to an ever-changing environment, then this position might be just for you!

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years Space mission operations experience (ex: real-time flight operations, anomaly resolution or system performance analysis)
• Experience maintaining mission unique hardware systems and/or networks
• Experience with anomaly response/resolution
• Leadership experience of a technical team as team lead, project lead, or formal leader
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner to varying levels of employees, management and customers
• Ability to multi-task, especially to perform multiple assignments while meeting competing deadlines
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance and CI poly

Desired Skills:

• Experience developing hardware/network/system troubleshooting procedures/documentation
• Data center experience
• System Admin experience
• Experience utilizing a breadth of software platforms/languages: Python, PERL, Linux, AWS, etc.
• Previous experience with a customer base on a program for complex systems and issue resolution
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Enjoys working in a team environment and collaborating with people in different functions
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment