Next Generation Short Range Interceptor (NGSRI) Chief Engineer

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Grand Prairie (TX); Presencial; USD 183.000 - 339.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Parental leave

EAP

FSA

Education assistance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Descripción de la vacante

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the NGSRI Chief Engineering role within the IAMD-AP program. You will interface with program management, engineering leads, suppliers, and customers to drive alignment and deliver milestones across development and production with a focus on lessons learned and cross‑team synergy.

The role requires 8+ years of experience, a bachelor’s in engineering, and a Secret clearance, with availability for occasional travel.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
• 8+ years of experience.
• Ability to plan and lead technical efforts.
• Must be available for occasional domestic travel.
• Candidate must have a Secret clearance.
• Strong leadership and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical leadership that drives the team to meet development and production milestones.
• Execute the program vision by leveraging a common architecture for rapid flight-test readiness.
• Establish a robust baseline enabling fast development, production, and operation.
• Develop and nurture a productive partnership with the USG customer.
• Guide IPT leads and cross‑functional teams in program planning, scheduling, and trade‑study execution; as well as design‑concept development, verification, and critical lifecycle reviews.
• Assess and ensure program staffing is appropriate from an Engineering&Technology perspective.
• Lead and support all program technical reviews and participate in critical program meetings.
• Capture and disseminate lessons‑learned, driving synergy across Chief Engineer workstreams.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Project planning

Risk mitigation

Stakeholder management

Clear communication

Team mentoring

Secret clearance

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Descripción del empleo

Standard Job Description

This position is for the Next Generation Short Range Interceptor (NGSRI) Chief Engineering Sr. Manager role in the IAMD-AP program area. This position reports to the IAMD-AP Chief Engineer and will provide day-to-day interface with the program manager, program engineering leads, suppliers and customer. The successful candidate is expected to work closely with the entire Advanced Programs staff to ensure synergy across teams and lead/participate in lessons learned communication.

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide technical leadership that drives the team to meet every development and production‑milestone on schedule.
• Execute the program vision by leveraging a common architecture to achieve rapid flight‑test readiness.
• Establish a robust baseline that enables fast development, production, and operational use.
• Develop and nurture a productive partnership with the USG customer.
• Guide IPT leads and cross‑functional teams in program planning, scheduling, and trade‑study execution; as well as design‑concept development, verification, and critical life‑cycle reviews.
• Assess and ensure program staffing is appropriate from an Engineering&Technology (E&T) perspective.
• Lead and support all program technical reviews (Technical Interchange Meetings, Readiness Reviews, etc.) and actively participate other critical program meetings.
• Capture and disseminate lessons‑learned, driving synergy across every work‑stream of the Chief Engineer organization.

Accountable for all aspects of engineering and technology activities within a program, program area, or line of business to ensure mission milestones and business objectives are met. Serves as the primary technical authority / technical interface with internal program management and external customers. Ensures proposals have sound technical solutions and schedules and drive affordability. Leads a technical team of cross functional engineers to ensure successful proper system/product development and execution. Evaluates and ensures complex issues are resolved in a cost effective, innovative way. Champion mission success and drive a mission success culture. Directs a team into exploration of new problem solution areas with novel concepts and approaches, guiding scope definition and prioritizing problems for investigation. Determine appropriate risk posture and develop mitigation strategies for complex projects. Ensure selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability. Ensures program plans and technical baselines are consistent with Program Control processes and Modern Engineering Practices. Responsible for key decision making that impact businesses, the failure to achieve the objectives result in critical impact of program capabilities. Ensures identification of lessons learned, and corrective action are initiated and implemented to improve future and ongoing programs. Provides technical mentoring and career development support of team and allocates resources effectively. Leads and directs the technical execution efforts of the program or LOB.

Basic Qualifications

• Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, and relevant professional experience.
• 8+ years of experience
• Ability to plan and lead technical efforts
• Must be available for occasional domestic travel.
• Candidate must have a Secret clearance.

Desired Skills

• An advanced degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• Prior experience at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is preferred.
• Strong familiarity with Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) scenarios, and datalink programs.
• Experience in collaborating with the E&T functional organization.
• Ability to interface with the USG Customer office and global supply base.
• Experience in leading Failure Analysis, Failure Review Boards and root cause investigations.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $182500.00 - $338900.00

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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.