Systems Engineer - Level 2
Lockheed Martin · Colorado Springs, CO
$73,400–$129,260from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on space domain awareness and satellite constellation management, working within an Agile Scrum team on a large-scale space system. Day-to-day work involves requirements development, system integration, verification and validation, and test planning, using tools like GitLab, Kubernetes, and Docker. Suited to experienced systems engineers comfortable in multi-team agile environments who can obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
Mid level · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Systems Engineering: Software' and sits on an Agile Scrum team building space domain software. The primary day-to-day work is systems engineering (requirements, integration, verification/validation) rather than pure software development, hence 15-1211; however, the team context (GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, 'everything as code') makes 15-1252 a plausible alternative.
Clearance situation is nuanced: the Basic Qualifications state 'no clearance needed to start but must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance,' while the Clearance Level field and Security Clearance Statement both gate on TS/SCI. An active TS/SCI is listed under Desired Skills as a bonus. The role is treated as gating on the ability to obtain TS/SCI, which is a hard requirement.
No specific work location city is stated in the posting; salary ranges reference multiple states (CA, MA, NY, CO, HI, IL, MD, MN, NJ, VT, WA, DC). The CBSA and state fields are left blank accordingly.
GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker, and Rancher appear only in the 'Our team leverages…' stack narrative section, not in the requirements or desired skills blocks, so they are marked as preferred.
The salary range quoted ($73,400–$129,260) applies specifically to the listed states; the posting notes the range may differ for other locations.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Systems Engineering, Requirements Development.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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