Flight Test Project Engineer level 3

Job Description

We are Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, home of the world-renowned Skunk Works , turns visionary aircraft into reality and is known for building the finest military aircraft in the world. This recognition is continually earned through our commitment to relentless research and development of high-performance aircraft, continuously seeking innovative, low-cost design and manufacturing strategies, and delivering operational readiness for our customers' missions to ensure continued relevancy for the life cycle of our products.

The Flight Test Project Engineer reports to Palmdale ADP Flight Test management and serves as the central liaison for all flight-test logistics, overseeing supply-chain and procurement coordination, maintaining accurate inventory, and ensuring timely acquisition of hardware and consumables. This role manages preventive-maintenance and calibration of flight-test facilities, equipment, and ground-support assets, while coordinating back-shop machining, refurbishment, and lab-support projects to meet test schedules.

The engineer maintains configuration-management records, prepares status reports, enforces safety and compliance standards, and collaborates with engineers, and external vendors to resolve issues quickly and keep flight-test programs on-track.

This position is located at a facility that requires special access.*
* Engineering Aeronautics

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.

This position will require a government security clearance.
This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Basic Qualifications

Minimum 3-5 years of aerospace industry experience supporting flight-test, production operations, logistics, or procurement.
Proficiency with configuration-management tools (e.g., EDMS, PLM, or similar).
Demonstrated ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, part numbers, and technical specifications.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated
Secret Clearance

Desired skills

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience with supply-chain and procurement processes for aerospace hardware and consumables.
Knowledge of preventive-maintenance, calibration, and certification of flight-test facilities and ground-support equipment.
Familiarity with back-shop machining, refurbishment, and lab-support project coordination.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and data-analysis tools; exposure to ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) is a plus.
Experience preparing status and compliance reports.
Strong problem-solving aptitude; proven track record of collaborating with engineers, vendors, and cross-functional teams to resolve issues quickly.
Understanding of safety and compliance regulations relevant to flight-test programs (e.g., OSHA, FAA, DoD).
Ability to travel occasionally to test sites or vendor facilities.
Top Secret Clearance

EEO

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.

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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.

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.

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in…