F - 35 Aircraft Field Support Engineer (level 3)

F-35 Aircraft Field Support Engineer (Level 3)

You will be the Aircraft Field Support Engineer Senior for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment Integrated Flight Test Team. Our team is responsible for flight testing of the Marine Corps and Navy variance of the F-35 aircraft at our Patuxent River, Maryland facility.

What You Will Be Doing As the F-35 Aircraft Field Support Engineer Senior, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• The successful candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics technical interface to the on-site customer (Operations and Maintenance) in resolving issues arising from maintenance or modification activities for all matters dealing with the F-35 aircraft.
• Accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of difficulties experienced in the field.
• Attend debriefings, to aid in the rapid identification of emerging issues that require company intervention to avoid aircraft downtime.
• Document all unusual operational / maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends.
• Initiate Action Requests (ARs). Identifying unique operational problems that require technical, procedural, or quality assurance actions to resolve. Provide on-site assistance to company and Customer personnel initiating ARs.
• Provide training to Customer personnel. Must be able to work with and interact with the maintainer as well as the professional engineers from other F-35 companies as a peer.
• Some travel required; candidates must be willing and able to deploy with Customer personnel to the Continental United States (CONUS), Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) and hazardous duty locations. Long term deployments may be required.
• US Department of Defense (DoD) mandated vaccinations may be required.
• Provide support for the assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations. Direct on-site support as requested by customer, site manager or program management.
• Lead and track multiple engineering and provide periodic status to Customer and Program Management.
• Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program Access. Must have at least an Interim Secret Clearance. Must be able to obtain a Final Secret Security Clearance. Must be a US Citizen.

Who You Are You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality results within tight timelines, using agile principles to drive productivity and effectiveness. You proactively identify opportunities for adopting agile practices beyond your team, promoting a culture of agility and efficiency throughout the organization.

What's In It For You: From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and enjoy doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:

• Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels.
• Technical Report writing
• Experience with drawing/schematics reading and interpretation
• Fault Isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub-system level
• Airframe & Power plant (A&P) license
• Military Fighter Aircraft experience
• Knowledge of CATIA & System/Software Engineering Environment (S/SEE)
• Previous Field Service FSE/REP experience
• Vehicle Systems (APG)/Avionics experience F-22 or F-35

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.

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