Flight Test Control Engineer (Level 3)

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Description:

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Be More Than You Can Imagine.


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.

This requisition is for a Flight Test Control Engineer (FTCE) position at ADP as part of the Test Operations Team in either Palmdale California or Las Vegas Nevada. This position will work alongside military, contractor, and civil service personnel as members of the flight test team. Provide Program Leadership with communication and status of platform readiness and maintenance issues. Act as liaison between Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Test Operations group leads, modification team, and other FTCE's in coordinating scheduled events. This position could be tasked to represent test program leadership in meetings.
Duties and responsibilities also include coordinating with other organizations associated with test readiness. The applicant must be able to effectively communicate, direct, and interact with other test team members, as well as external members to achieve mission success.

You will be expected to train and mentor less experienced team members.

The FTCE is the primary liaison between aircraft maintenance and engineering, communicating aircraft test configuration to responsible engineers, flight operations, and leadership. You will be responsible for maintaining configuration of a myriad of items, from test equipment, software, hardware, all items necessary for a successful test evolution.

Overtime, non-standard shifts, and weekend work will be required.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

**Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. **

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.

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Basic Qualifications:
• Flight Test execution/operations experience

• Aircraft OEM or MRO experience

• Experience and understanding of air vehicle capabilities and test techniques

• Lead or Leadership Experience

• Secret security clearance
Desired Skills:
• Understanding of aircraft systems and capabilities to include:

• Schematics, Engineering documentation, reading /interpretation and their use during troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of AGE/GSE Support equipment.
• Knowledge of avionics/mission systems and vehicle/utility systems.
• Fault isolation and/or problem analysis at the subsystem level.
• Good knowledge of the system/software engineering environment.
• Authoring test and technical documents (System Checkout Procedures, Ground Test Support plans, etc.), plus directing and overseeing their execution.
• Technical report writing.