Test Engineer Senior (level 3)

Test Engineer Senior

You will be working as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Supplier Quality Management team to ensure the quality of special processes used by subtier suppliers in the production of hardware for multiple LM Aero programs. As the Test Engineer Senior, you will be responsible for performing surveillance and risk assessments at multiple special process sources, ensuring long-term defect reduction and elimination, and ensuring subtier compliance to contractual quality requirements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Performing surveillance and risk assessments at multiple special process sources to identify potential quality risks and ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
• Collaborating with executive leadership at supplier sites and at LM Aero to solve technical and contractual issues and ensure execution aligns with quality and affordability goals.
• Ensuring long-term defect reduction and elimination to continuously reduce the cost of poor quality associated with procured products.
• Ensuring subtier compliance to contractual quality requirements, as they relate to LM Aero product.
• Traveling 50%-75% to supplier sites to perform surveillance and risk assessments, and to collaborate with executive leadership.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options. Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package.

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 have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned test engineer with experience in special processes and supplier quality management. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with executive leadership and subtier suppliers. You will be a strategic thinker with a focus on ensuring quality and reducing costs.

Further information about this opportunity:

• MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position requires the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance after start.
• The selected candidate will be required to travel 50%-75% to supplier sites.

Basic qualifications:

• Special process experience or M&P (Materials and processing) Engineering experience
• Auditing experience
• Ability to travel 50%-75% of the time

Desired skills:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in an Engineering discipline or equivalent experience/combined education
• Experience managing subtier suppliers
• Ability to work independently
• Experience delivering presentations to leadership and 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 you should know:

• 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.
• Ability to work remotely: Part-time remote telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
• 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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

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.