D5LE2 Missile Chief Engineer

Job ID: 673822BR Date posted: Aug. 28, 2024 Program: FBM-D5LE2-CE
Description:For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense! We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth, and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

The D5 LE2 Missile Chief Engineer supports the design and development of the Trident II Life Extension 2 Flight System for the U.S. Navy. This technical position supports and collaborates with the FBM Chief Engineer and FBM Modernization Chief Engineer to ensure LM technical design integrity through all phases of the life cycle, balances schedule demands without sacrificing technical rigor by developing technical risk assessments and mitigation approaches to deliver required capability.

The successful individual:

• Focuses on new development scope, and integration of enterprise resources (E&T analysis, technical baselines, Center of Excellence resources, Digital Transformation), to ensure development success

• Supports the FBM Chief Engineer’s office to ensure overall technical rigor and adherence to engineering standards and processes to support the needs of the LE2 program

• Engages in architecture definition and trades and serves as chair of the Engineering Review Board

• Provides technical inputs to the FBM Chief Engineer’s Office for overall architecture and system performance including technical performance measurements and risk assessments

• Leads the definition of technology development roadmaps and insertion including Model Based Engineering transformation

• Ensures selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability

• Leads special assignment projects to address and drive closure on key program technical concerns

• Ensures identification of lessons-learned and corrective action are initiated and implemented to improve future and ongoing programs

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin cultivates an inclusive work environment that inspires differences and big-picture thinking.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Engineering or related field from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education

• Experience with complex missile or launch vehicle systems with demonstrated expertise in systems integration, engineering, and/or test of complex systems

• Proven team leadership experience in systems design and development

• Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve technical issues/challenges; demonstrated agility in decision making

• Experience with Model Based Engineering and Agile tools and methods

• Excellent communication skills, with experience in engaging and influencing executive leadership and external customers

• Current Secret security clearance required, with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance
Desired Skills:
• Masters degree in Science or Engineering preferred

• Experience as a conceptual thinker with ability to proactively translate into action and results

• Experience in strategic nuclear missile systems

• Experience in key technologies or applicable skills: Aerodynamics; Thermal; Materials; Propulsion; Navigation, Guidance, and Control; Flight Computers; Communications; Power

• Demonstrated customer orientation by learning and understanding customers’ missions, needs, and perspectives

• Experience in working with the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Program Office

• Experience in a development and test environment

• Current Top Secret security clearance
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: 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.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: 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 addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Washington or Washington DC is $159,600 - $305,900 . 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 leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
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.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Other
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First