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Lockheed Martin

Chief Engineer Principal

Lockheed Martin, Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35824

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Overview By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility.

Lockheed Martin seeks a talented Chief Engineer to join the team in Huntsville, Alabama. The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon Platform Chief Engineer leads the design and development of the prototype operational Platform system on an accelerated schedule to deliver the U.S. Army’s critical national need for a hypersonic ground system capability. As the primary technical authority for the Army Platform development, this leader ensures LM technical design integrity through all development phases, balances schedule demands without sacrificing technical rigor by developing technical risk assessments and mitigation approaches to deliver essential capability. This leader delivers these outcomes through Full Spectrum Leadership values by investing in the development of the team and providing technical and leadership oversight, mentoring and coaching. The successful leader:

Defines and owns the technical baseline for the Army Platform system

Ensures Army Platform readiness for Flight Tests and integration with the Army Launcher platform

Adjudicates technical conflicts between & within the Army Platform Systems Element

Engages in architecture definition and trades

Coordinates overall architecture and system performance including technical performance measurements and risk assessments

Leads the definition of technology development roadmaps and insertion

Ensures selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability

Leads special assignment projects to address and drive closure on key program technical concerns

Ensures program plans and technical baselines are consistent with Program Control processes and Modern Engineering Practices

Ensures identification of lessons learned, and corrective action are initiated and implemented to improve future and ongoing programs

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Basic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education

Significant technical experience with demonstrated expertise in systems integration, engineering, and/or test of complex systems

Proven team leadership experience in systems design and development

Familiarity with government customers and programs

Active Interim Secret clearance required for this role with ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance. Selected candidate will be subject to certain citizenship requirements.

Desired Skills

Master’s degree in Science or Engineering preferred

Experience as a conceptual thinker with the ability to proactively translate into action and results

Experience in Army platform integration, reentry, missile, or hypersonic systems

Experience in key technologies or applicable skills: Thermal; Materials; Propulsion; Flight Computers; Communications; Power

Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues/challenges

Demonstrated customer orientation by learning and understanding customers’ missions, needs, and perspectives

Experience in a development and test environment

Excellent communication skills, with experience addressing executive leadership and external customers

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret

Other Important Information

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: SPACE

Relocation Available: Possible

Career Area: Systems Engineering: Other

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First

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