What We're Doing

At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, we’re building the future of national security. Our customers are worldwide—and so is our reputation for creating original solutions with the latest technologies. Our innovations keep people safe and bring them home to their families at night. We support the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation (CFI) in Suffolk, VA, a critical hub where mission-focused technologies are developed, tested, and integrated.

The Work

As a Systems Engineer Sr., you’ll play a vital role in enabling the CFI mission by providing technical planning, system integration, and engineering support in a fast-paced lab environment.

Your key responsibilities include:

Performing technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation activities.

Supporting lab operations including test design, planning, coordination, execution, and performance analysis across multiple classification levels.

Conducting system and technical analyses for the design, installation, integration, sustainment, and operation of lab infrastructure and subsystems.

Troubleshooting technical issues and resolving system/network configuration challenges using technical documentation to maintain a configuration-managed baseline.

Creating and executing preventive maintenance plans for supported networks, devices, and subsystems.

Please note:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD government clearance at the Top Secret level.

This position is fulltime on site in Suffolk, VA.

This position requires the ability to travel up to 10%.

Who We Are

We are Lockheed Martin—a mission-driven team of engineers, scientists, and innovators working together to solve the world’s toughest challenges. At RMS Engineering, we are deeply committed to supporting our customers' needs while fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and excellence. Our Suffolk site brings together advanced modeling, simulation, and integration to enable rapid capability development and real-time mission experimentation.

Who You Are

You are a skilled systems engineer with a hands-on approach to solving problems. You thrive in lab environments and enjoy taking on diverse technical challenges.

You bring: Experience in systems engineering, integration, and lab operations.

Strong analytical skills to troubleshoot anomalies and ensure performance alignment.

The ability to work independently and collaboratively, with a focus on mission success.

A continuous improvement mindset and strong attention to detail in a dynamic setting.

Why Join Us

We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus—if you bring the perseverance and curiosity, we’ll help you shape a better tomorrow.

As an employee at Lockheed Martin, your health and well-being come first. From comprehensive medical insurance to tuition reimbursement, legal support, and beyond, we offer exceptional benefits designed to enhance your life, career, and future.

" Desired skills Experience with full fidelity flight simulation systems at multiple classification level environments

Experience in systems design development for experimentation

Strong working knowledge of network design, implementation and troubleshooting, to include simulation protocols.

Experience in conducting technical analyses supporting design, installation, integration, sustainment, and operation of devices, systems/subsystems.

Experience in determining solutions for technical problems and issues to include reconfiguration of systems, networks and infrastructure

Ability to coordinate and lead projects / initiatives across multiple functional areas and diverse groups