Steven J. Martin is the Deputy, Digital Engineering Branch for Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO), Space Systems Command (SSC).

Mr. Martin has been leading the DE efforts at SSC at Los Angeles Air Force Base (LA AFB) since 2020.  He has worked for the United States Department of the Air Force for more than 30 years and has participated in many areas of weapon systems acquisition.  In his current position, he develops the strategy and tools to implementing DE for the SSIO and Program Offices at SSC. The main intent of the DE efforts is to increase the speed and agility of the acquisition process for space systems to address the threats and outpace our advisories.

Mr. Martin has been working at SSC since 2015 when he joined the Engineering Directorate as the Lead for the Software Advisory Group. His work with this group focused on implementing Agile Software Development techniques with Programs.  This then led to his current work to change the systems engineering processes to keep up with the increased pace of the agile software development.  Prior to working at SSC, Mr. Martin was the Chief Engineer for the Force Protection Division at Hanscom AFB near Boston, MA.  This division provided the Air Force with the systems needed to protect critical assets around the world, locate and defeat improvised explosive devices as well as secure air fields in the war zones, and keep our nuclear weapons secure.  He arrived at Hanscom AFB after completing his MBA at MIT’s Sloan Business School and his first position was supporting the Chief Architect to transition Air Force’s IT systems on to the cloud.  Before he left for school, he was the Weapon Integration Technical Expert at Edwards AFB, California.  He provides technical oversight for weapon testing such as air-to-air missile launches, smart weapon drops, and conventional bomb releases.  Most of this testing was conducted in conjunction with the development of new aircraft, upgrades in aircraft hardware and software, or integration of new weapons on existing aircraft.

After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1989, Mr. Martin began his career at Edwards AFB testing the weapon delivery accuracy of the F-16 aircraft.  He worked on the introduction of GPS on the aircraft, the use of laser guided bombs, and the development of advanced air-to-air missiles and the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM).  During his time working for the Air Force, he also earned two addition degrees including a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from California State University-Fresno. 

In his free time, Mr. Martin enjoys sailing, working on cars, creating projects with Arduino processors, and developing the website for his wife’s (Karen) business.