Field Support Engineer, F-35 - Level 3

Lockheed Martin; Luke (MD); On-site; USD 73,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking an F-35 Field Support Engineer (FSE) to support squadrons at Luke Air Force Base, AZ. The role includes SME duties in APG/Vehicle Systems and Avionics/Mission Systems, with potential travel to CONUS/OCONUS and hazardous locations.

DoW vaccinations may be required; strong teamwork and clear communication are essential. The FSE will manage field troubleshooting, interface with customer personnel, and provide on-site support for ground maintenance and

Qualifications

• 4-years of 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft (F-22 or F-35) experience troubleshooting Avionics/Mission Systems (MS) and/or APG/Vehicles Systems
• Secret Security Clearance with an Investigation or CV date within 5 years

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME in APG/VS and/or Avionics/MS in field support.
• Provide on-site technical interface to customer operations and maintenance.
• Deploy with customer to CONUS/OCONUS and hazardous locations as needed.
• Lead and track multiple engineering and logistics support activities with periodic status updates.
• Document field issues and initiate ARs; provide on-site training.
• Obtain F-35 Special Program Access and maintain security clearance.

Skills

Avionics/MS

APG/VS

SLO

Field support

Job description

Standard Job Description

Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company as an F-35 Field Support Engineer (FSE) on our Aeronautics Field Sustainment Team! This FSE position directly supports the F-35 squadrons at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. To include USAF, Norwegian, Italian, Netherlands, Danish, Canada and Belgium Air Forces. Luke Air Force Base currently has 7 squadrons and growing.

What You Will Be Doing

As a Nose-to-Tail (NTT) FSE, the preferred candidate will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in APG/Vehicle Systems (VS) and/or Avionics/Mission Systems (MS). It is desired the individual also be an experienced in Supportable Low Observable/Structures (SLO). FSE have the skill set to accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of VS, MS, and/or SLO.

The candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment Team's technical interface to the on-site Customer (both Operations and Maintenance) in resolving issues arising from maintenance and modification activities for all matters dealing with the F-35 aircraft. Some travel required; candidates must be willing and able to deploy with Customer personnel to the Continental United States (CONUS), Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) and hazardous duty locations. US Department of War (DoW) mandated vaccinations may be required. Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels. Provide support for the assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations. Direct on-site support as requested by customer, site manager or program management. Manage and track multiple engineering and logistics support activities, providing periodic status to customer and Program Management.

Other Responsibilities Include

• Accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of difficulties in the field
• Attend debriefings, to aid in the rapid identification of emerging issues that require company intervention to avoid aircraft downtime.
• Document all unusual operational/maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends
• Initiate Action Requests (ARs), to identify unique operational problems that require technical, procedural or quality assurance action to resolve. Provide on-site assistance to company and customer personnel initiating ARs.
• Provide training to Customer Personnel
• Must be able to work with and interact with maintainer as well as the professional engineers from other F-35 companies as a peer.
• Applicant must be able to work all shifts as directed by leadership
• Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels.
• Provide support for this assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations
• Direct on-site support as requested by customer, site manager or program management
• Lead and track multiple engineering and provide periodic status to Customer and Program Management
• Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program Access
• Secret Security Clearance with an Investigation of CV date within 5 years.

Basic Qualifications

The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

• 4-years of 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft (F-22 or F-35) experience troubleshooting Avionics/Mission Systems (MS) and/or APG/Vehicles Systems
• Secret Security Clearance with an Investigation or CV date within 5 years

Desired Skills

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:

• Pervious Field Support Engineer (FSE) experience highly desired
• Supportable Low Observable/ Structures (SLO) experience desired
• Experience communicating to Military Leadership teams and Senior Leaders
• Fault Isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub-system level
• Technical report writing skills
• Experience with technical drawings/schematics readings and interpretation
• Experience with engineering tools to include but not limited to FSE Vision/Vast, PDM, VAS, JEDO, JARVIS, and CRE
• Experience partnering with military operational units

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $72500.00 - $134600.00

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.