Chief Engineer Director, Undersea Mission Systems
Listed on 2026-06-02
-
Engineering
-
Management
Description
Lockheed Martin is revolutionizing the undersea domain with decades of proven expertise and a relentless drive for innovation. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible, delivering game‑changing capability that transforms data into decisive battlefield advantage. Our advanced undersea systems provide unmatched superiority, enabling submariners to dominate the depths. With full‑spectrum sustainment, we ensure complex systems remain always‑ready, always‑operative, and always‑effective from initial deployment through future modernizations.
As a trusted partner, Lockheed Martin guarantees undersea superiority, empowering our customers to outmaneuver, outthink, and outperform in the most challenging environments.
Lockheed Martin is revolutionizing the undersea domain with decades of proven expertise and a relentless drive for innovation. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible, delivering game‑changing capability that transforms data into decisive battlefield advantage. Our advanced undersea systems provide unmatched superiority, enabling submariners to dominate the depths. With full‑spectrum sustainment, we ensure complex systems remain always‑ready, always‑operative, and always‑effective from initial deployment through future modernizations.
As a trusted partner, Lockheed Martin guarantees undersea superiority, empowering our customers to outmaneuver, outthink, and outperform in the most challenging environments.
Reporting to the Vice President Chief Engineer for MIC2, the Chief Engineer Director for the $1.4B UMS portfolio that includes the execution of the UMS portfolio of programs. As the UMS Chief Engineer, the selected individual will be the Senior Engineering & Technology interface to the program office and the customer for all engineering matters across the portfolio. This role will partner with the MIC2 market segment Chief Engineers, Chief Engineer VP and Directors, S&BD , CETO, PMO and eTech liaisons to ensure successful achievement of all program and E&T goals.
This individual will provide the overall technical leadership and program performance for all programs and captures within the diverse portfolio. The Chief Engineer will ensure that technical integrity is maintained, right engineering rigor and discipline is applied, proposals are executable, and ensure engineering technical, cost, and schedule within area of responsibility are met or exceeded. Primary site responsibility is Manassas with interfaces across LOBs in Syracuse, West Palm Beach and Moorestown.
The day‑to‑day responsibilities for this role are to lead a technical team of cross‑functional engineers to ensure successful system/product development and technical delivery excellence across a diverse portfolio of projects domestic and international worth $1.4B in Sales in the areas of acoustic sensors and weapons, sonar integration, specialized undersea systems and submarine development and production.
You are a senior engineering leader who excels at guiding multidisciplinary teams, maintaining technical rigor, and delivering complex UMS solutions. You demonstrate Full Spectrum Leadership – ability to shape the future, energize the team, deliver results, build effective relationships and be accountable with high integrity and ethics.
Basic Qualifications- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering discipline is required;
Advanced degree is preferred - Minimum of 10+ years of supervisory or leadership experience over a technical organization
- Successful experience managing a complex portfolio of programs and contracts in various lifecycle phases
- Proven ability to create and implement a vision and create teams while demonstrating LM Core Values and Full Spectrum Leadership imperatives
- Ability to work at all levels technically and programmatically, from detailed design to high level strategy development.
- Technical lead experience across all phases of the product life cycle from proposal creation through product development, test, deployment, and support
- Ability to concisely explain complex subjects and issues to executive leadership
- Prior functional leadership of a large, diverse and…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).