Flight Test Engineer and CAM; Level 5
Listed on 2026-07-01
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Test Engineer, Systems Engineer
Flight Test Engineer and CAM (Level
5) | Lockheed Martin
Join the Fort Worth F-35 Flight Test Engineering Team as a Flight Test Project Engineer and Cost Account Manager. The Flight Test Engineering Team is a portion of the 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, aircraft configuration management, and near-term execution constraint resolution.
This position will be responsible for supporting the Flight Test organization as a Cost Account Manager as well as Flight Test Project Engineer supporting various activities requiring Flight Test in the future.
Responsibilities of this role may 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
- CAM responsibility for assigned projects
- Represent Flight Test Organization to other Departments and Organizations
This position may require occasional travel, based on Customer requirements. Must be a US citizen. This position requires special access and a final Secret clearance to start.
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.
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
- Control Account Management Experience (Current certification highly desired)
- 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
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.
Ability to work remotely:
Employee will work on-site full-time
Work Schedule:
4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Security Clearance:
Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
LMCareers Business Unit:
AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Program:
F-35
Department:
6G4F00:
FW Flight Test
Job Class:
Aeronautical Engineering
Job Category:
Experienced Professional
City, State:
Fort Worth-TX
City:
Fort Worth
Zip:
76108
Virtual:
No
Relocation/Housing Stipend Available:
Possible
Req Type:
Full-Time
Direct/Indirect:
Direct
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.
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.
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…
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