Systems Engineer Mgr - Architecture, and Requirements & Verification at Lockheed Martin
Littleton, CO
$128,400–$226,435from the description
Jul 11, 2026
Littleton, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role leading a systems engineering team responsible for weapon system architecture, requirements development, and verification activities across two hypersonic missile programs. Day-to-day work involves overseeing tools such as Cameo and DOORS, maintaining requirement traceability, coordinating with government customers, managing staffing and schedules, and mentoring engineers. Suits an experienced technical leader with a background in missile or space systems and an active or obtainable Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · Denver, CO · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (9)
The role is a people-management position (team lead with hiring authority, staffing forecasts, mentoring) mapped to 11-3021; however, it is deeply technical (systems architecture, requirements, verification in a defense engineering context), so 15-1299 is noted as a plausible alternative.
The Basic Qualifications gate on an active or current Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain Top Secret; the Clearance Level field and Security Clearance Statement both confirm Top Secret is the target — the clearance requirement is set to TopSecret accordingly.
Cameo (the MBSE modeling tool) is called out explicitly in the required responsibilities ('Manage engineering resources to evolve and maintain the system architecture in Cameo'), making it a hard gate despite not appearing in a formal 'Required Skills' bullet list.
DOORS, MBSE tools, CAM experience, and Integrated Master Schedule familiarity all appear under Desired Skills and are marked preferred.
No minimum total years of experience is stated in the posting; the role is classified Senior based on its scope (managing a team, customer relationships, staffing, proposals) rather than a stated year count.
The salary range quoted ($128,400–$226,435) applies specifically to Colorado (and several other named states); candidates in other states may see a different range per the posting.
Skills such as 'technical leadership', 'systems architecture', and 'requirements development' are retained here because they map to concrete, domain-specific engineering disciplines (MBSE, SE V-model, traceability) rather than generic soft skills — they are the primary technical gates for this role.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): technical leadership, systems architecture, requirements development.
Requires a Top Secret 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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