Chief Engineer Principal

Overview

On Site
USD 164,300.00 - 289,800.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Log Management
Technical Drafting
IT Risk Management
IT Risk
Spectrum
Mentorship
Coaching
Risk Assessment
Roadmaps
Corrective And Preventive Action
System Integration
Team Leadership
Systems Design
Security Clearance
Science
Communication
Leadership
Innovation
SAFE
Boost
Jersey
Training
Life Insurance

Job Details

Job Description

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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 health, 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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Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package.

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

EEO

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.

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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help 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 diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, 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. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Other Important Information

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.

Work Schedule Information

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.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $164,300 - $289,800. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $189,000 - $327,635. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
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