Optamor Looking for Lead System Engineer at Gloucester, Gloucestershire Full Time

Lockheed Martin UK is the UK-based arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation and has operated in the country for nearly 80 years. From mail sorting technology to helping build the UK’s first commercial spaceport, our innovations and partnerships help solve some of the world’s most complex challenges, contributing to the UK’s defence, security and prosperity.

Lockheed Martin UK – Rotary and Mission Systems is one of the four business areas operating in-country and provides systems engineering, software development, complex programme management and systems integration for advanced platform integration, electronic warfare, training and logistics systems and cyber solutions for military and civil customers. It is this part of the business that is looking for Lead Systems Engineers to join our talented team.

As part of this vital role you will work within the Project Engineering Team on the development of novel capability in the CEMA and Land Electronic Warfare domains. Reporting to the CEMA Architect and working closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will play a central role in Systems Engineering activity for complex design and delivery programmes within the project framework. This role will require a high degree of customer engagement at all levels, along with the ability to lead and mentor other Systems Engineers during the system definition phase.

Required skills and experience:

• Experience in a Systems Engineering leadership role across the full programme lifecycle
• Experience leading requirements capture, refinement, and management
• Experience in a customer-facing role, with the ability to form strong customer relationships, and support the customer from initial concept definition to the final stages of acceptance and transition to operation
• Experience with system modelling toolsets and methodologies, e.g. SPARX Enterprise Architect, UML, SysML, TOGAF, or equivalents
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to write in a clear and concise manner
• Willingness to learn about Radio Frequency technologies, Land and Dismounted Systems integration, and the CEMA, Force Protection, and Cyber domains

Desired skills and experience:

• Experience leading complex system and subsystem integration
• Experience leading trade studies and low-TRL capability assessment
• Awareness of the CEMA, Force Protection / ECM, or Cyber & Intelligence domains
• Awareness of the Land CEMA Architecture (OpenVPX, GVA, MORA, OpenCPI, or JICD 4.2)

This is a unique opportunity for someone who would love to transfer their Aerospace or Automotive experience and join the exciting world of Cyber. With a multitude of learning opportunities, this is a fantastic career step. If you have experience of Electronic Warfare or Radio Frequency, this will also be hugely beneficial.

Every day, our employees come to work with one focus – our customers’ missions. If you have the determination to strive for the best, combined with the pride and passion required to drive cutting-edge solutions that directly contribute to UK National Security, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We offer the option to work full time hours over a 4-day week and the majority of our roles come the opportunity to work remotely and flexibly. We are a diverse and inclusive organisation offering exciting careers for apprentices, interns, graduates and experienced professionals alike.

The people of Lockheed Martin are critical to our success as a business – their work making a difference, every day. Our customers rely on their skills, knowledge and passion to deliver, time and time again.