For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.We want you to support the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) D5LE2 Program in the Propulsion, Structures, Ordnance, and Controls (PSOC) team by joining the Structures Mechanical Engineering group as a D5LE2 Structures Subsystem Certified Principle Engineer (CPE) delegate.
The selected candidate will be involved in overseeing new primary and secondary structure design maturation, fabrication and test campaigns through all phases of the development and production lifecycle. They will be responsible for developing requirements, bringing compliant designs to reviews, into test flights and into long range production efforts, leading a team of strong commodity level CPEs as a delegate to the Sturctures Subystem CPE, ensuring program Technical Performance Measures (TPM) are met and delivering hardware within the programs cost and schedule constraints.
Note: US citizenship and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance is required.
As a Subsystem CPE Delegate on the FBM Life Extension 2 (LE2) program, you will:
- Integrate the team of commodity CPE’s through common design methodology under delegation to the Structures CPE
- Provide technical inputs on the vehicle configuration, structures design, fabrication approaches, test configurations and certifications of hardware against requirements at various maturity levels
- Collaborate with manufacturing facilities to ensure fabrication and test readiness
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Integration and Test (SEIT) for full system configurations and test.
- Provide technical inputs in required data products, proposals, and Technical Interchange Meetings
- Review structure configuration and compliance against requirements using 3D models, drawings and GD&T
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers throughout build cycle
- Execute in a fast-paced environment
- Create and communicate at various program reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, Working Groups, etc.
- Effectively communicate to various levels of leadership, inclusive of Navy counterparts, both technical and non-technical
The information below reflects the standard job description for this position
Manages the research, planning, design and development of mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Directs application of research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.
- Previous experience as a Certified Principle Engineer (CPE), or similar (Cognizant Engineer, Responsible Engineer, etc), with direct technical ownership of hardware
- Relevant education and experience as a Mechanical Engineer, or similar, in a design, manufacturing, production, or related role
- Proven self-starter with demonstrated capability to proactively work through difficult technical design constraints
- Ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance
- 8+ years of experience designing, fabricating and/or testing composite structure, metallic structure and large assembly structures
- Demonstrated performance of being part of program development reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR)
- Experience with frequent customer and leadership interface
- Experience with Model Based Engineering Practices
- Experience with test planning and execution
- Project management knowledge with Risks and Opps, Earned Value, schedule inputs, estimating resources
- Experience with manufacturing and Design for X
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (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.
Skills Required
- Previous experience as a Certified Principal Engineer or similar role, such as Cognizant Engineer or Responsible Engineer, with direct technical ownership of hardware
- Relevant education and experience as a Mechanical Engineer or similar in design, manufacturing, production, or a related role
- Demonstrated ability to proactively resolve difficult technical design constraints
- Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
- 8 or more years of experience designing, fabricating, or testing composite, metallic, and large assembly structures
- Experience participating in SRR, PDR, and CDR program development reviews
- Experience with frequent customer and leadership interaction
- Experience with Model-Based Engineering practices
- Experience with test planning and execution
- Project management knowledge, including risks and opportunities, earned value, schedule inputs, and resource estimating
- Experience with manufacturing and Design for X
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