Aviation Safety & Airworthiness Sr. Manager - Level 6

Aviation Safety & Airworthiness Sr. Manager
- Level 6 | Lockheed Martin

Aviation Safety & Airworthiness Sr. Manager
- Level 6

Aeronautics Company

Marietta, GA

The Senior Manager of System Safety & Airworthiness will lead all system-safety and airworthiness activities at Marietta, GA. This role is the primary authority for establishing, implementing, and continuously improving safety requirements that protect people, equipment, and mission readiness.

Core Responsibilities

• System-Safety Leadership – Direct the review of product systems, support equipment, facilities, and operational procedures to identify hazards, define safety criteria, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Certification & Continued Airworthiness – Create and execute comprehensive airworthiness certification plans, secure flight-clearance approvals, and manage ongoing airworthiness for U.S. and international accreditation.
• Safety Strategy & Continuous Improvement – Formulate a long-term system-safety strategy, drive continuous-improvement initiatives, and ensure government certification throughout development, production, and sustainment.
• Cross-Functional Coordination – Partner with program offices, internal stakeholders, and external customers to align proposals and contractual obligations with current safety and airworthiness processes, delivering timely submittals for flight-clearance milestones.
• Safety Documentation & Audits – Oversee the creation of safety documents that support test, operational, and customer requirements; conduct audits of operational areas and report on the effectiveness of the system-safety program.
• Team Management – Supervise a diverse safety team, handling recruitment, staffing, performance management, training, development, and recognition/disciplinary actions.

Desired skills

• Proven background in system-safety engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of MIL-STD-882, ARP-4761, and AC/AMF 25.1309, including the prescribed analysis techniques.
• Experience defining processes, training plans, and tool development.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and/or Model Based Design and analysis tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage staff while influencing peers, supervisors, customers, and senior leadership.
• Direct experience with USAF, NAVAIR, DCMA, and/or FAA interfaces.
• Hands-on experience in air-system design.
• Strong leadership and project/program management track record.
• Experience presenting to and collaborating with executive leadership.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, presentation, and written/verbal communication skills.
• Proven success in coordinating airworthiness certification across internal technical teams and multiple international customers.
• Expertise in planning and directing tasks within a complex, multi-project organization; recognized as a MIL-HDBK-516 airworthiness subject-matter expert.

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for 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 $151,200 - $266,570. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only.

Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month;

accrue up to 52 hours of sick…