About the Role

Lockheed Martin (UK) Ampthill are embarking on an exciting and growing range of long term national and international programmes and opportunities in the GBAD and BMS domain; these all build upon and exploit the proven LMUK SkyKeeper BMC4i product and will form a robust and major business area on the LMUK Ampthill site.

​We need a suite of Engineers to underpin these developing business streams. These roles require high calibre and proven individuals with focused skills and experience in order to design, integrate and deliver real systems. The successful applicants will operate at the core of this expanding team driving technical direction and developing junior staff. These are challenging senior roles requiring talented individuals who will be correspondingly rewarded.

​The Successful Systems Engineer will have demonstrable experience of delivering and managing Systems Engineering activities within one or more areas relating to Radar Systems, Weapon Systems, Tactical Datalink, RF Data, Military Communications.

The Systems Engineers will own and co-ordinate the Systems Engineering activities across the business area, throughout the Systems Engineering lifecycle, liaising with interfacing functions, Suppliers and Customers, and delivering compliant products on-time and to schedule.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

Demonstrable knowledge and experience designing and integrating Complex Systems with a significant Software component. Knowledge and experience of Systems Engineering in order to be able to:

Experience of systems engineering lifecycle through the life of a large scale systems development programme, ideally in the Command & Control domain

Experience in the Verification and Validation lifecycle

Development of Verification & Acceptance (V&A) statements

Knowledge of Comms & RF Network Architectures

Change proposal assessment and embodiment

Working understanding of relevant Def-Stan, MIL-STD and industry best practice

Understand nuances of system limitations and behaviours at system level.

Desired skills, qualifications and experience

Requirements/Acceptance Management

Trials Planning

Ground Based Air Defence Systems

Battlefield Management C4i Systems

Battlefield Communications Systems & Networks

Job Reference Number10021BR

Employee Type

Full Time

Duration6 months

Hours Per Week

37.5

Working Schedule4xFlex

Country

United Kingdom (UK)

Clearance Required for RoleSC

Graduate, Intern or Apprentice Vacancy?

No

Business Environment

Lockheed Martin (UK) Ampthill is a rapidly changing, dynamic part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation with both domestic and international customers. It consists of three business areas focusing on Vehicles, Special Projects and Mission Support, which provide a variety of products and services to the MoD and other customers including the Warrior CSP, Scout and support to the Land Environment Air Picture Provision capability. We are looking for talented individuals to join the company, in return, we can offer an exciting and challenging career path. Please note that Lockheed Martin Ampthill work a 9 day fortnight with the site closed every second Friday.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.