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Support flight test readiness reviews and aircraft modification planning activities as required. Provide engineering judgment and technical leadership for integration-level activities while operating ...
Support flight test readiness reviews and aircraft modification planning activities as required. Provide engineering judgment and technical leadership for integration-level activities while operating ...
Support flight test readiness reviews and aircraft modification planning activities as required. * Provide engineering judgment and technical leadership for integration-level activities while ...
Support flight test readiness reviews and aircraft modification planning activities as required. * Provide engineering judgment and technical leadership for integration-level activities while ...
Use your communication skills to work directly with the F-22 Test Director, Pilots, Weapons School Cadre, Flight Test Managers, Flight Test Engineers and Analysts. Use your planning skills to provide ...
Use your communication skills to work directly with the F-22 Test Director, Pilots, Weapons School Cadre, Flight Test Managers, Flight Test Engineers and Analysts. Use your planning skills to provide ...
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... flight operations and test environment. This role serves as a coordination point between instrumentation engineers, test customers, and project officers to ensure required parametric data is ...
Operations/Test Analyst I
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... flight operations and test environment. This role serves as a coordination point between instrumentation engineers, test customers, and project officers to ensure required parametric data is ...
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Las Vegas, NV · On-site
... flight operations and test environment. This role serves as a coordination point between instrumentation engineers, test customers, and project officers to ensure required parametric data is ...
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$80K - $96K/yr
Provide estimates for proposal purposes; plans and executes flight tests of aircraft, components ... engineering to ensure that people, processes, and equipment are in place for mods. Candidate will ...
Aircraft Maintenance Asc Manager (Level 4)
$80K - $96K/yr
Provide estimates for proposal purposes; plans and executes flight tests of aircraft, components ... engineering to ensure that people, processes, and equipment are in place for mods. Candidate will ...
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Engineering & Flight Test Coordination * Mission Planning & Briefing * Technical Publications Review * Knowledge of Emerging UAS Technologies and current market landscape RESPONSIBILITIES The ...
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Support flight test readiness reviews and aircraft modification planning activities as required. * Provide engineering judgment and technical leadership for integration-level structural activities ...
Sr. Structures Engineer (Part-Time)
Las Vegas, NV · On-site
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Support flight test readiness reviews and aircraft modification planning activities as required. Provide engineering judgment and technical leadership for integration-level structural activities ...
Sr. Structures Engineer (Part-Time)
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Join us as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Flight Test Ground Station Engineering Manager -- Level 5 with our legendary Skunk Works organization. The Skunk Works is an integral part of Lockheed Martin ...
Join us as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Flight Test Ground Station Engineering Manager -- Level 5 with our legendary Skunk Works organization. The Skunk Works is an integral part of Lockheed Martin ...
Join us as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Flight Test Ground Station Engineering Manager -- Level 5 with our legendary Skunk Works organization. The Skunk Works is an integral part of Lockheed Martin ...
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|---|---|---|
| Credentials | Bachelor's or higher in aerospace or mechanical engineering; often requires FAA or EASA certifications | Associate's or bachelor's in aerospace technology or related field; certifications may vary |
| Work Environment | Designing, planning, analyzing flight tests; collaborating with engineers and pilots | Assisting with test preparations, data collection, and aircraft inspections |
| Industry Usage | Primarily in aerospace manufacturing, research, and development | Involved in testing and maintenance within aerospace companies and testing facilities |
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Full-time
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO
Posted 22 days ago
Lockheed Martin rating
8.2
Based on 387 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
30th of 60 rated aerospace companies
Job description
We are Lockheed Martin
At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicles to refining aircraft that defy gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology. Never have the opportunities for a technical career been so limitless.
Join us as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Flight Test Discipline Engineer Manager -- Level 5 with our legendary Skunk Works® organization. The Skunk Works is an integral part of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics business area responsible for advanced systems development including conceptual design and rapid prototyping of clean sheet solutions and improvements and derivatives to existing systems. The ideal skunk is an agile, multi-faceted teammate who loves to solve our customer's most difficult challenges. Some of our projects include the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, F-22 Raptor, F-117 Nighthawk, and the F-35 Lightning II. Learn more about some of the incredible things we do here.
A successful manager will oversee a team of discipline engineers engaged in devising practical solutions for challenging problems. Their duties and responsibilities include planning, scheduling and executing flight test missions by:
- Developing and publishing test plans and flight test cards.
- Determining and communicating test requirements and configuration to responsible engineering, maintenance, instrumentation and flight operation personnel to ensure test article readiness.
- Complying with test safety plans and standard operation procedures.
- Participate in test mission briefings, debriefings and control room operations. Must be able to meet mission qualification requirements.
- Performing real-time and postflight data analysis.
Some shift, extended hours, weekend work and travel may be required
** Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. No dual citizenship will be considered. **
What's In It For You
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition
Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.
REF: Engineering, Aeronautics, aeroTE
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Ability to maintain a Top Secret clearance with special program access
- Leadership system experience to include hiring, timecards, performance reviews, counseling, promotions, recognition, training, etc.
- Proven Flight Test experience
- History in a Mission Control Room with multi-functional test team disciplines
Desired skills
- Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university in a technical discipline
- Specific experience in: Air Data, Electrical Power Systems (EPS), Flight Control Systems (FLCS), Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), Flying Qualities (FQ), Navigation, and/or Loads
- Of lesser priority, but still helpful, is a basic understanding of: Platform / Ground Hardware, Propulsion, Environmental Control Systems (ECS), Fuel / Hydraulics, Landing Gear, Performance, Flutter, Communications, GVMS, and/or Ground Software
Experience interfacing directly with DoD customers
EEO
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Other Important Information
By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Work Schedule Information
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $122,900 - $216,660. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $141,300 - $244,835. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
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As a global security and aerospace company, the majority of Lockheed Martin's business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies.The remaining portion of Lockheed Martin's business is comprised of international government and commercial sales of products, services and platforms.
Industry
Manufacturing
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
Bethesda, MD, US
Year founded
1912