Flight Test Engineer (Level 4)

Job Description

COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID-19 variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID-19 Community Level at the specific work location.
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 position is for a senior member of an ADP Flight Test Engineering team, providing support for all flight test activity from laboratory, to ground test, to flight and then moving to the test location. The candidate will be part of a fast paced, dynamic environment exploring state of the art technical solutions. The right Flight Test Engineer will be tasked across the full flight test life cycle. You will be required to customize test processes to individual customers and circumstances. Assess prototype aircraft operations for risk and assist in developing appropriate mitigating procedures.
During flight phase you may very well be the primary individual for controlling test execution, configuration management, troubleshooting, and asset scheduling. Travel, overtime, odd shifts, and weekend work may be required.
**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.
This position is in Palmdale, CA Discover Palmdale.
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Basic Qualifications:
• Flight Test Mission Control Room execution experience
• Test Conductor or Test Director experience
• Test plan and test card creation experience
• Top Secret security clearance
Desired Skills:
- Developmental test program experience
- Test Range Experience
- Understanding of Flight test Instrumentation and Data Processing
- Understanding of Flight Test Controls
- Test project lead or ship lead experience
- Pilot experience
- Proposal development experience
- Must be willing to mentor junior-level team members
- Configuration management experience
- Presentation experience to company and customer audiences
- Experience interfacing with all levels of customer management