Mechanical Field Engineer Senior, Advanced Programs - Level 3

Lockheed Martin; California (MO); On-site; USD 82,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

401k

Paid time off

Work/life balance

Career development

Mentorship opportunities

Rewards & recognition

Job summary

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works program seeks a mechanical field engineer for challenging, travel-heavy assignments supporting a Santa Barbara-area program. You will perform maintenance, fault analysis, and rapid asset deployment while complying with mobility and health requirements, including passport and overseas physicals.

Applicants must have hands-on experience with aircraft structures and systems, and hold an active Top Secret clearance. FAA A&P license is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience in a field environment.
• Hands-on mechanical maintenance, repair and inspection of aircraft structures, systems and sub-systems.
• Active Top Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Be an integral member of the operations and maintenance team.
• Support the on-site Customer and work to deploy, prepare, maintain and re-deploy program assets.
• Accomplish fault analysis and resolution of mechanical system and subsystem discrepancies.
• Attend debriefings to aid in rapid identification of system issues and detect emerging issues.
• Document operational/maintenance problems and communicate within program channels to resolve issues and identify failure trends.
• Operate and assist in service and maintenance of support equipment.

Skills

Field environment experience

Mechanical maintenance

Active Top Secret Clearance

FAA A&P license (preferred)

Job description

Overview

This exciting position is with our historic Skunk Works program. Skunk Works is an integral part of Lockheed's Aeronautics business area responsible for advanced systems development including conceptual design and rapid prototyping of clean sheet solutions and improvements and derivatives to existing systems. The ideal skunk is an agile, multi-faceted teammate who loves to solve our customer's most difficult challenges. Some of our unclassified projects include the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, F-22 Raptor, F-117 Nighthawk, and the F-35 Lightning II. Selected applicant will join a unique “Skunkworks” Advanced Development Program (ADP) team.

Learn more about some of the incredible things we do here: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas/aeronautics/skunkworks.html

If you are a mechanical field engineer and interested in exciting and challenging work on cutting-edge systems, please read on.

Responsibilities

The selected candidate will support a program in the Santa Barbara area. Candidates must be willing to travel to and work at austere remote locations to support Customer requirements. Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid U.S. passport, accept customer furnished quarters and comply with mobility requirements such as chemical warfare training and receive applicable vaccinations. Must pass an overseas physical and meet customer medical requirements.

• Be an integral member of the operations and maintenance team.
• Support the on-site Customer and work to deploy, prepare, maintain and re-deploy program assets.
• Accomplish fault analysis and resolution of mechanical system and subsystem discrepancies.
• Attend debriefings to aid in the rapid identification of system issues and detect emerging issues.
• Document operational/maintenance problems, and communicate within program channels to ensure the company can resolve technical issues and identify failure trends.
• Operate and assist in the service and maintenance of support equipment.

Must have a TS clearance investigated in the last 5 years.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in a field environment.
• Hands-on mechanical experience in maintenance, repair and inspection of aircraft structures, systems and/or sub-systems.
• Active Top Secret Clearance.

Desired Skills

• Experience with aircraft shop practices, shop safety, tools and test equipment.
• Cost, Schedule and Quality management supporting MRO activities.
• Technical report writing.
• Experience operating/maintaining support equipment.
• Willingness to travel, work any shift, weekends and holidays to meet customer requirements.
• FAA A&P License.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $81,500.00 - $151,300.00

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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.
• 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.