Aeronautical Engineer Level 5

Requisition  Eligible?:
Yes

ERP amount: $50 LMRecognition

Relocation:
Possible Type:
Exempt

Shift: 1

Clearance Prior to Start:
Interim Secret Final Clearance:
Secret Pay Transparency: $ - $Experience Level: Experienced Professional FT/PT/Casual:
Full Time Department : LM Aeronautics Co
- Fort Worth Business Unit: LM Aeronautics Co
- Fort Worth Standard

Job Description F-35 Flight Test - Weapons Variant Lead The Flight Test Engineering 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, aircraft configuration management, and near-term execution constraint resolution.

This position serves as the Flight Test Subject Matter Expert and primary consultant for LM Aero T&E, varied F-35 Teams and F-35 Program Leadership for all things related to F-35 Weapons Flight Test - status, procedures/practices, schedule, asset forecasts, etc. This role represents T&E F-35 Flight Test Leadership at JPO and Integrated Test Force/Integrated Test Team forums, F-35 product reviews, and F-35 working groups by effectively presenting and advocating for the T&E position.

The Weapons Variant Lead position is responsible for leading long-range development flight test planning and coordination associated with all Weapons planned for delivery from the F-35 platform. This position will serve as a technical lead and provide tasking oversight for junior team members. Tasks for this role include coordination, planning, prioritization, and constraint resolution of Flight Test requirements through interfacing with multiple organizations such as JSF Program Office (JPO), F-35 DT Test Sites, Production, and LM IPTs.

Additional tasks for this position include:

Support 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.

Maintain Project status and forecasts as the Project Lead for various assigned Flight Test activities

Interact with Program Managers to resolve contract constraints

Provide estimates for future projects as requested by the T&E Flight Test proposal team Support Metrics Reporting (prior Jira experience beneficial)
Represent Flight Test Organization to other Departments and Organizations In addition, this position will support other special assignments and flight test consulting tasks as required.

This position will require traveling on average one week per month, based on Customer requirements. Travel locations are typically to the JPO in Arlington, VA, the F-35 Test Sites, (Edwards AFB, CA and Patuxent River NAS, MD), and various Weapon Vendor sites.

This position requires special access and a final Secret clearance to start.

Basic Qualifications Flight Test Execution or Flight Test Strategic Planning Experience Technical Project Management Experience Technical Team Leadership Experience Customer Interface Experience Bachelor’s Degree in Technical field (Engineering preferred)
Desired Skills Experience as a Flight Test Engineer (Test Conductor or Test Director)
Extensive background in planning and executing Flight Test Experience defining test requirements and data needs for fighter aircraft development test platformsF-35 Aircraft and Program experience

Prior air-delivered Weapons experience (F-35 not required, but beneficial)
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