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Lead Aircraft Field Engineer, F-35 Program (Level 4)

JOB ID: 638192BR

Date posted: May. 15, 2023

Locations: Edwards Air Force Base, California

Program: F-35 Flight Test Program

Description:

Our products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world. Highly trained and specialized personnel and facilities are key to the company's unrivaled success in the aeronautics industry. Our workforce of more than 30,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.

Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment team as an Aircraft Maintenance Support Engineer on our F-35 Program at Edwards Air Force Base facility in California! This position will assist the Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor in managing general services, repairs, and overhauls of aircraft and aircraft engines to ensure that aircraft are in good mechanical condition and safe for flight. The primary responsibility involves researching and providing engineering data from all applicable Lockheed Martin databases for the Field Service Representative, the Flight Test Control Engineer, Aircraft Supervisor and mechanics and technicians as required.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Ensures good housekeeping and safety practices are enforced. Will direct periodic inspections, general overhaul and repairs or modifications requiring replacement and/or assembly of parts as directed by the Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor.
• Provides technical assistance and creates work-orders in the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS).
• Will operate Personal Maintenance Aids (PMA) in support of aircraft maintenance and operations.
• Assist Aircraft Supervisor in providing daily tasking to multiple maintenance disciplines in an integrated workforce environment that consists of Military, Government Civil Service, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Pratt and Whitney, General Electric and BAE Systems employees.

• Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Must possess at minimum an Interim Secret Security Clearance prior to starting. Must be able to obtain a Final Secret Security Clearance.

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.

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Basic Qualifications:

The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

• 7 years aircraft maintenance experience.

• Leadership experience

• Must have been previously awarded an Air Force, Marine, or Navy 7 to 9 level discipline skill level rating or possess equivalent civilian experience with associated credential such as a Licensed FAA “Airframe and Power plant" or Inspector Airframe license.

• Avionics, Structures or APG experience.

• Multi-system aircraft trained.

• Experience with Microsoft Office software programs

• Experience reading engineering drawings, blueprints and interpret/translate instructions to specific maintenance mechanics/technicians.

Desired Skills:

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:

• Flight test experience

• Bachelors degree in a related discipline

• Working knowledge of such programs as Hazardous Waste Management, Safety, Training, FOD, Security, Supply Chain Management, or Time Accounting

• Experience with JDL, JTD in ALIS, PDM, JEDI

• Strong avionics background

Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level:

Secret

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:

9x80 every other Friday off

Pay Rate:

The annual base salary range for this position in California or New York City is $105,000 - $197,800. 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.

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.

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:

Miscellaneous Engineering

Type:

Full-Time

Shift:

Multiple shifts available