JASSM Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Chief Engineer

About the role

This position is for a Chief Engineering Manager for the JASSM program in the Strike Systems program area. The successful candidate will report to the JASSM Platform Integration and FMS Chief Engineer programmatically and be expected to work closely with the other members of the JASSM Chief Engineering staff to ensure synergy across tasks and to communicate lessons learned, as well as other Strike Systems Chief Engineers to ensure cross program collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership throughout proposal phase, through development phase, and providing support for FMS transition to production.
• Provide technical leadership for design and development efforts, from system architecture through design and qualification.
• Develop and execute detailed program plans, schedules, and trade study analyses.
• Lead or support customer briefings, weekly IPT status updates, Technical Interchange Meetings, Technical Readiness Reviews, and other critical program reviews.
• Support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading technical team through major proposal effort.
• Demonstrated platform integration experience and leading flight test activities.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading technical solutions from proposal through all aspects of development including SRR, PDR, CDR, Qualification, System Verification & Test, FCA and transition to production.
• Show a strong understanding of Full Spectrum Leadership principles (technical, people, business, strategic).

Qualifications

• Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, with existing professional experience.
• Experience and demonstrated skillset with Missile systems design and development.
• Must possess ability to plan and lead the technical teams/efforts associated with Complex Missile Systems.
• Required to communicate technical status and issues internally to program leadership, technical leadership and functional leadership as well as externally to the USG customer.

Skills

• Wide experience/familiarity in collaborating with the Engineering & Technology functional organization.
• Prior experience at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is highly desired.
• Ability to interface with the USG Customer office and global supply base.
• Ability to support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations.
• Experience in leading Failure Analysis and Failure Review Boards.

Benefits

The position will require on-site work with the ability to flex working hours. Occasional domestic travel may be required.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

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

Location

This position is located in Orlando, FL.