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F-Maintenance Manager Security Clearance

Job in Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California, USA
Listing for: Lockheed Martin
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-12
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Operations Manager
  • Management
    Operations Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: F-35 Maintenance Manager with Security Clearance
Location: Edwards Air Force Base

Job Number 717834

Description:

We are Lockheed Martin 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 25,000 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 F-35 Aircraft Maintenance Manager for our Edwards Air Force Base flight test site. This position will provide direction to the F-35 Integrated Test Force on second shift.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Technical direction and oversight of daily flight line operations; interaction with Ops personnel, Ops schedulers, Flight Test Control and Material Review Board Engineers, Quality Engineering, Air Vehicle Managers and Air Force Production Superintendent(s) and organization leadership.
• Coordinates and integrates efforts of the "purple" (Air Force, Lockheed, Government Civilians and Government Contractors) team as well as admin tasks such as performance appraisals, timekeeping, staffing & disciplinary actions for both salaried and hourly personnel

• Scope of responsibilities includes detailed planning, requirements management, risk management, and flight test maintenance operations management. Oversees and directs maintenance activities associated with the management of flight test operations.
** Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
** 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 Must be a United States citizen. Must possess at minimum an Interim Secret Security Clearance and be able to obtain a Final Secret Security Clearance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Position requires extensive (at least 12 years) professional experience in managing flight test or high tempo operational maintenance and logistics environment

• Experienced with managing extensive aircraft modifications:
Planning, Scheduling, Execution and closeout-to include Hardware and Software modifications and checkouts

• Experience in areas of creating and executing project, cost, schedule and risk management

• Experience with flight test operations
Desired

Skills:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college

• Candidate should possess a broad military aircraft support background, F-35 desired and advanced interpersonal and communication skills to be effective in a high tempo flight test environment.

• Ability to effectively communicate with Customers, team partner companies, and local base authorities critical for success.

• Prior United military or civilian equivalent operational maintenance & logistics experience highly desirable; specifically, organizational, and intermediate maintenance

• Experience with Earned Value Management a plus.
• Experience creating and maintaining schedules within Microsoft Project a plus
Security Clearance Statement:
This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top 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.…
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