Be part of a team delivering the next generation of secure military communications satellites for the UK Ministry of Defence. This work provides resilient, high performance connectivity for the UK, its allies and Defence personnel worldwide, playing a critical role in protecting national security as space becomes more contested and demand for secure data continues to grow.
Joining Lockheed Martin also means helping to shape significant investment in the North East space sector, with more than £100 million proposed to support high skill jobs, advanced manufacturing and long term economic growth. Opportunities include potential satellite manufacturing in County Durham and collaboration with NESST – the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre at Northumbria University – helping to build a strong pipeline of talent, learning and innovation.
This is your chance to work on mission critical technology, develop cutting-edge skills and build a meaningful career, while delivering lasting impact for the region and the nation.
The role
The Junior Systems Integration & Test Engineer will play a key role in supporting the design, development, and delivery of complex engineering systems across their full lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to build hands-on experience across systems integration, testing, and requirements development, while contributing to real-world, high-impact engineering programmes. The role will work closely with experienced engineers to help translate customer and system requirements into practical, effective engineering solutions that meet technical, schedule, and cost objectives.
The role provides exposure to the full systems lifecycle, from concept and design through to integration, testing, installation, operation, and support. It offers the opportunity to develop strong technical capability in systems thinking, analysis, and problem-solving within a collaborative and structured engineering environment.
Key responsibilities
- Support technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation activities across complex systems
- Contribute to cost, risk, supportability, and effectiveness analysis across the system lifecycle
- Assist in translating customer and product requirements into structured, deliverable system solutions
- Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition activities
- Help develop hardware and software specifications based on system-level requirements
- Support engineering teams across concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, and operational phases
- Work collaboratively within project teams to contribute to problem-solving and delivery objectives
Required skills, qualifications and experience
- Early-career or developing engineer with relevant academic study, training, or practical exposure in a related discipline
- Developing ability to apply engineering principles to solve problems of moderate scope and complexity
- Strong willingness to learn and grow within a systems engineering environment
- Ability to contribute effectively to team-based projects and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
- Good understanding of industry tools, methods, and core engineering concepts within a specialist area
- Demonstrates attention to detail, sound judgement, and a structured approach to problem-solving
What we offer you
At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Competitive Pension
- Dental
- Critical Illness
- Life Assurance
- Travel Insurance
- Employee discounts for top high street shops
- Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counseling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
- Internal training and development alongside our Education assistance programmes
- Reimbursement for a professional membership
- Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave
Business environment
By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the embodiment of corporate responsibility.
Lockheed Martin Space is one of the four major business areas within Lockheed Martin. LMUK Space is at the forefront of Lockheed Martin’s International growth strategy including building exquisite satellites for a broad array of missions, ground station mission planning and command & control software products deployed to a diverse customer base as well as key capabilities in AI and space exploration and all underpinned by key strategic collaborations with universities in the UK. We not only deliver on current requirements, Lockheed Martin are always focused on the future requirements of this exciting and growing space domain which is a key enabler to our daily lives and future safety and security.
