Chief Engineer Director - L7

Lockheed Martin; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX seeks a F-16 Chief Engineer to provide technical leadership and ensure technical integrity for the entire F-16 Enterprise. The role drives safety, airworthiness and operational suitability requirements and leads reviews across milestones and configurations with peers and LoBE teams.

The position directs a staff to deliver customer value within cost and schedule constraints, with emphasis on collaboration and rigorous technical governance.

Qualifications

• Manned aircraft leadership experience required.
• Management experience required.
• Technical leadership in a complex development program with international customers.

Responsibilities

• Direct a staff of F-16 Chief Engineer employees to meet customer, technical integrity, safety and airworthiness commitments.
• Approve engineering configuration baselines and engineering investigations; exercise approval authority on technical matters.

Skills

Manned aircraft leadership

Management experience

Technical leadership in complex multi‑

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Advanced engineering degree

Job description

Standard Job Description

The F-16 Chief Engineer will provide Technical Leadership and ensure Technical Integrity for the entire F-16 Enterprise. This position will ensure that all safety, airworthiness and operational suitability requirements are established, satisfied, and verified. Additionally, the F-16 CE (or delegate) will conduct technical reviews in support of key program milestones including technical reviews and configuration upgrades. The F-16 CE will ensure the program follows established command media, including necessary independent technical reviews and work openly and collaboratively with peers, including Line of Business Engineering (LoBE) and subordinates to align resources and adapt with agility to deliver customer value and meet commitments with cost and schedule as a consideration.

Standard Job Description

The F-16 Chief Engineer will provide Technical Leadership and ensure Technical Integrity for the entire F-16 Enterprise. This position will ensure that all safety, airworthiness and operational suitability requirements are established, satisfied, and verified. Additionally, the F-16 CE (or delegate) will conduct technical reviews in support of key program milestones including technical reviews and configuration upgrades. The F-16 CE will ensure the program follows established command media, including necessary independent technical reviews and work openly and collaboratively with peers, including Line of Business Engineering (LoBE) and subordinates to align resources and adapt with agility to deliver customer value and meet commitments with cost and schedule as a consideration.

Key responsibilities include directing a staff of F-16 Chief Engineer employees to ensure the F-16 meets customer, technical integrity, safety and airworthiness commitments and will hold the responsibility for approval of the engineering configuration baseline, acceptance and approval of engineering investigations and hold approval authority from the CE office for all matters of technical integrity, airworthiness / suitability, safety and verification of customer requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with industry experience
• Previous manned aircraft technical leadership experience
• Previous Management Experience
• Technical leadership experience in a complex development program with international customers

Desired Skills

• Previous Fighter Aircraft experience
• Previous F-16 experience
• Previous Chief Engineer experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher in an Engineering discipline with 18+ years industry experience
• Advanced Engineering Degree
• Experience with configuration management and control
• Experience with determination of compliance to contractual requirements
• Experience with technical integrity and system safety / hazard risk analysis
• Experience with airworthiness determination
• Knowledge of F-16 configurations, customers and contracts
• Strong interpersonal skills and working with multiple levels of customers

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $180000.00 - $325000.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (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.