Aircraft Field Support Engineer Staff (Italy), F-35 - Level 4

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* Description:

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* This position will be located at Amendola Air Base, Italy  The successful candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment  AFS  team's technical interface to the on site customer  Operations and Maintenance  in resolving issues arising from maintenance or modification activities for all matters dealing with the F 35 aircraft

As a Nose to Tail  NTT  FSE, the preferred candidate will be a Subject Matter Expert  SME  in Avionics/Mission Systems  MS   It is also desired that the individual be an emerging authority in Vehicle Systems / APG  VS , and Supportable Low Observable  SLO /Structures, with the skill set to accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of MS, VS, and SLO

** What You Will Be Doing*
* Responsibilities include:

- Accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of difficulties experienced in the field

- Attend debriefings, to aid in the rapid identification of emerging issues that require

company intervention to avoid aircraft downtime

- Document all unusual operational / maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends

- Initiate Action Requests  ARs   Identifying unique operational problems that require technical, procedural, or quality assurance actions to resolve  Provide on site assistance to company and Customer personnel initiating ARs

- Provide training to Customer personnel

- Must be able to work with and interact with the maintainer as well as the professional engineers from other F 35 companies as a peer

- Must be able and willing to work with an active Military unit both at home station and abroad

- Must complete all required customer deployment training

- Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels

- Provide support for the assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations

- Direct on site support as requested by customer, FSE/Site manager s  or program management

- Lead and track multiple engineering tasks/projects, and provide periodic status to Customer and Management

- Assist with mentoring and training junior level FSEs as needed

- Ability to perform and operate independently while deployed with customers with minimal supervision

- Works any shift  including weekends  to support customer needs

- Some travel required; candidates must be willing and able to deploy with Customer personnel to worldwide and hazardous duty locations  Customer mandated vaccinations may be required

- United States citizenship is required  Must possess an active Secret Security Clearance, and be able to obtain F 35 Special Program Access

- Requires a US Passport

** Who You Are*
* You approach challenges with a diplomatic mindset, adept at navigating differing viewpoints and finding common ground to resolve conflicts and enhance collaboration

You enjoy working with others to brainstorm and refine ideas, leveraging collective creativity to develop outstanding solutions

** What's In It For You:*
* From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus  if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you

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* Basic Qualifications:

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

- At least 6 years 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft experience  F 22 or F 35

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At least 4 of those years must include experience troubleshooting Avionics/Mission Systems  MS  

- Final Transferable Secret Security Clearance

** Desired

Skills:

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

- Field Service FSE/FSR experience highly desirable

- Well versed in troubleshooting Mission Systems/Avionics  MS , Vehicle Systems  APG , and Supportable Low Observable  SLO /structures

- College or Technical Education in areas of related fields of study  STEM  

- Technical report writing

- Experience with reading and interpreting drawings/schematics  

- Fault Isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub system level

- Airframe & Powerplant  A&P  license

- Experience with engineering tools to include, but not limited to FSE Vision/VAST, PDM, VAS, JEDI, JARVIS, and CRE

- Knowledge of CATIA & System/Software Engineering Environment  S/SEE

- Experience partnering with military operational units

** Security Clearance Statement:
** This position requires a government security…