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, serving as the FTCE Lead of a Program, as part of the Test Operations Team in Palmdale California. 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 also the primary liaison between aircraft maintenance and engineering, communicating aircraft test configuration to responsible engineers and flight operations. 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.**
A level 5 employee Typically has 14-20 years of professional experience.
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 is in Palmdale, CA Discover Palmdale.
EngineeringAeronautics
- Developmental test program experience
- Understanding of Flight test Instrumentation and Data Processing
- Understanding of Flight Test Controls
- Test project lead or ship lead experience
- Proposal development experience
- Must be willing to train or mentor less knowledgeable team members
- Configuration management experience
- Presentation experience to company and customer audiences
- Experience interfacing with all levels of both customer and company leadership • Aircraft flight test experience
• Experience working with Aircraft Systems and/or Maintenance/Modification Procedures
• Experience and understanding of aircraft capabilities and test techniques
• Secret Security Clearance
