Staff Electro-Optical Engineer — EO/IR Sensors

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 121,000 - 224,000; 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 Corporation is seeking an EO/IR engineer to join the team responsible for electro-optical/infrared sensor systems on the F-35. The role spans the full lifecycle from design to fleet support, turning sensor data into engineering decisions and managing hardware configuration and sustainment.

You will collaborate with systems, embedded, integration and test, and program management engineers, interfacing with sensor suppliers and customers.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in STEM discipline.
• Experience in Project Management including.
• Experience in supplier management.
• Experience in product life cycle management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze EO/IR sensor data from lab, ground, and flight testing to characterize performance and verify against requirements.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines, scripts, and tools to ingest, process, and visualize large sensor and test datasets.
• Investigate anomalies and field issues through root cause analysis, tracing issues from data to hardware, firmware, or integration causes.
• Define data collection plans and test conditions so tests answer the right engineering questions.
• Turn analysis into clear technical products: briefings, trend reports, and recommendations for leadership and customers.
• Support design, integration, qualification, and acceptance testing of sensor hardware and upgrades.
• Work with suppliers on technical performance, design changes, failure analysis, and corrective action.
• Support lab operations and hardware-in-the-loop integration with mission systems, displays, and processing.
• Evaluate emerging sensor technologies and assess their fit for next-generation capability.
• Manage configuration of EO/IR hardware and data, including change requests and baselines.
• Track obsolescence and supply chain risk for sensor components.
• Monitor reliability and maintainability metrics from production and fleet data; drive improvements through FRACAS and corrective action.
• Support transition from development to production and sustainment, including production readiness and first article inspection.
• Contribute to technical cost, schedule, and risk inputs for program planning and Agile PI Planning.

Skills

Project management

Supplier management

Product lifecycle management

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking an EO/IR engineer to join the team responsible for electro-optical/infrared sensor systems on the F-35. The role spans the full lifecycle from design to fleet support, turning sensor data into engineering decisions and managing hardware configuration and sustainment.

You will collaborate with systems, embedded, integration and test, and program management engineers, interfacing with sensor suppliers and customers.