# Principal System Test Engineer

Standard Job Description The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space. Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Do you want to join a team where employees envision the impossible, perform with excellence, and build incredible products? The Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) team within Operations, is seeking a Principal System Test Engineer to collaborate across multiple programs, define and validate system architectures, and actively support program reviews while mentoring fellow team members. This role will drive test program startup initiatives, establish testing frameworks, and ensure alignment with mission objectives through cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise in test architecture with a passion for guiding teams and delivering robust solutions in a dynamic aerospace environment. Plans, implements, tests, documents, and maintains solutions for the integration

- **Id**: 3984140
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lockheed-martin-principal-system-test-engineer>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Littleton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 20
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T19:43:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T20:55:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4743
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Education assistance, Flexible schedule, Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Combat Aircraft, Missiles, Military Satellites

## Company

- **Id**: 37086
- **Name**: Lockheed Martin
- **Domain**: lockheedmartin.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lockheedmartin>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 96
- **Open postings**: 2370
- **Ghost share**: 0.011
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.199
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 178500
- **Max**: 331500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 331500

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 20
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T20:55:01Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T22:37:04Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 331500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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