Optical Payload Subsystem Engineering Senior Manager

1 week ago

Sunnyvale, California, United States Lockheed Martin Full time
Job Title: Senior Manager for Optical Payload Subsystem Engineering

Lockheed Martin is seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager for Optical Payload Subsystem Engineering to lead our team in the development of cutting-edge optical payload systems. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and testing of optical payload subsystems for various space applications.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Maintain a systems engineering framework for payloads, including mission and instrument performance analysis, optical payload system design, payload-level requirements, verification, and test planning.
  • Champion the development of common payload architectures for multiple missions, including passive EO, active EO, and directed energy.
  • Apply consistent requirements and functional decomposition methodologies to standardize sell-off approaches.
  • Promote the use of qualified product designs across multiple space applications, strengthening overall design robustness.
  • Develop mission performance analysis and image processing capabilities for reuse across various programs.
  • Create transition plans for low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) products from the science and technology community.
  • Lead or support intellectual property evaluations and the development of patent applications.
  • Propose and execute Independent Research and Development (IRAD) projects focused on standardization and maturation, in coordination with OTC Program Development.
  • Enhance relationships with strategic suppliers and other Lockheed Martin Business Areas (BAs) to complement the in-house OTC team.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, or other Engineering/Science disciplines), or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Proven experience in developing technical talent and establishing pipelines to sustain technical expertise within an organization.
  • Prior experience in a formally recognized systems engineering role.
  • Demonstrated expertise in the architecture and design of optical payloads, with an understanding of Technical Performance Measures (TPM) that influence trade and design decisions.
  • Experience in working on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission solutions.
  • Current DoD Top Secret clearance or equivalent with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
Desired Skills:
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to convey complex information effectively.
  • Demonstrated experience in the design, development, and/or verification of signal and image collection systems.
  • Proven leadership experience in Full Spectrum Leadership roles, with a track record of guiding teams to high productivity and fostering collaboration in a multi-functional environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical challenges.
  • Over 8 years of demonstrated technical expertise.
  • Over 3 years of hands-on experience with space systems or complex hardware/software systems.
  • Experience working across space and ground applications, including ground-to-ground, space-to-ground, and space-to-space systems.
  • Experience in developing processing and dissemination computer algorithms; expertise in designing, developing, and analyzing systems and algorithms for extracting information from signal and image sensors.
  • Experience in remote sensing, optical performance modeling, radiometric modeling, and calibration techniques, as well as wavefront error and wavefront sensing.
  • Experience in testing methodologies for complex, high-precision systems, including optical alignment, radiometric testing, and full environmental testing for space applications.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance.
Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level:

TS/SCI

Other Important Information:

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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.

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 works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

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