Flight Test Engineer - F35 - Level 4

JOB ID: 661715BR

Date posted: Feb. 20, 2024

Description:

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At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology. Never have the opportunities for a technical career been so limitless.
Join the Fort Worth F-35 Flight Test Engineering Team. This Team is a portion of Test and Evaluation (T&E) Directorate within the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Engineering and Technology Functional Engineering Organization. This Team is responsible for strategic planning of the F-35 Development Test (DT) Fleet, supporting coordination for DT data requirements and near-term execution constraint resolution.
This Flight Test Engineering position is responsible for supporting the Flight Science, Mission Systems, Weapons, and Foreign Military Sales Flight Test Variant Leads with long-range development Flight Test planning and coordination associated with delivery of new F-35 Capabilities. Tasks for this role include coordination, planning, prioritization, and constraint resolution of Flight Test requirements by interfacing with multiple organizations such as JSF Program Office (JPO), F-35 Development Test Sites, Production, and LM IPTs. Additional tasks for this position include:

• Supporting the Test Planning process by Participating in Test Planning Working Groups, writing test requirements, and test planning documents
• Define test aircraft configuration requirements including hardware and instrumentation needs to enable test objectives
• Act as Project Lead for programs under execution at the Test Sites providing liaison with Fort Worth IPTs as necessary to keep Flight Test programs progressing.
• Maintaining Project status and forecasts as the Project Lead for various assigned Flight Test activities
• Interacting with Program Managers to resolve contract constraints
• Providing estimates for future projects as requested by the T&E Flight Test proposal team
• Support Metrics Reporting
• Represent Flight Test Organization to other Departments and Organizations

This position may require traveling (estimated at one week per month), based on Customer requirements. Travel locations are typically to the JPO in Arlington, VA, and the F-35 Test Sites, (Edwards AFB, CA and Patuxent River NAS, MD). Other locations supported as needed.
Must be a US citizen. This position requires special access and a final Secret clearance to start.
A Level 4 employee

Typically has 9 - 15 years

of professional experience.

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

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Basic Qualifications:
Test Execution Experience as a Flight Test Engineer (Test Conductor or Test Director preferred)

• Technical Project Management Experience
• Final SECRET Security Clearance

Desired Skills:
F-35 Aircraft and Program experience

• Experience with Envelope Expansion, Mission Systems, or Weapons Systems Test
• Experience working on fighter aircraft platforms
• Experience authoring test plans
• Customer Interface Experience
• Experience managing or statusing complex Integrated Master Schedules
• Proficient with MATLAB or Visual Basic Programming
• Experience with database management
• Ability to effectively collaborate and communicate complex issues with a variety of stakeholders from highly Technical SMEs to Executive Leadership
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: 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.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: 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.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
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.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Aeronautical Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First