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We are seeking an experienced and driven AI&T (Assembly, Integration & Test) Program Manufacturing Project Manager to lead execution for the LM400 P224 Program. In this role, you will serve as the primary voice of AI&T across the entire program. You will manage cost, schedule, resources, and technical performance metrics while serving as the single point of contact for program and customer matters. If you excel at driving cross-functional coordination, managing earned value metrics, and mitigating risks in a fast-paced aerospace or technical manufacturing environment, we want you on our team.
Key Responsibilities
- Program Leadership & Voice: Act as the primary AI&T voice on the overall program; provide regular status updates to the Program Manager (PM) and escalate risks/decisions affecting schedule, cost, or performance.
- Baseline & Schedule Management: Develop and maintain the AI&T cost baseline, technical performance metrics, and detailed schedules (including critical path) for the assigned LM400 Program; take responsibility for AI&T ERB and CCB impacts and inputs.
- Financial & EV Performance: Monitor Earned Value (EV) metrics (BCWP, BCWS, ACWP) for AI&T, identify variances, initiate corrective actions, and report directly to the PM and senior leadership.
- Resource Optimization: Quantify labor needs and collaborate with functional leaders to secure the right resources on time; coordinate across functional organizations to match provided resources to program schedules.
- Customer & Stakeholder Relations: Serve as the single point of contact for all AI&T-related customer matters, ensuring a consistent message and managing expectations effectively.
- Briefings & Factory Hosting: Prepare technical briefings, collect status decks, and manage milestone reviews; host program customer visits and walk-throughs at the LM400 factory.
- Risk Mitigation: Identify AI&T-specific cost and schedule risks, score and write them, and board them at the program ROMB as the primary owner of the risk.
Plans, implements, tests, documents, and maintains solutions for the integration and testing of in-house developed and COTS/GOTS components, elements, subsystems and/or systems. Synthesizes customer contractual needs and requirements into system test solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints. Establishes functional and technical specifications and standards, solves hardware/software interface problems, defines input/output parameters, and ensures integration of the entire system or subsystem. Reviews, evaluates and derives requirements for testability, develops and directs preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for complete systems and/or subsystems. Coordinates subsystem and/or system testing activities with programs and other organizations. Performs analysis of test results and prepares comprehensive subsystem and/or system level evaluation reports which verify and validate system performance. Writes discrepancy reports and performs integration regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes to software, components, subsystems and systems.
- Bachelors degree or higher or equivalent experience
- Strong background in aerospace manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (AI&T) environments.
- Deep understanding of Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and financial tracking metrics (BCWP, BCWS, ACWP).
- Proven experience managing master schedules, critical paths, and cross-functional resource allocation.
- Exceptional communication skills with a track record of serving as a primary customer interface and presenting technical briefings to senior leadership.
- Experience with standard program governance boards such as Engineering Review Boards (ERB), Configuration Control Boards (CCB), and Risk Opportunity Management Boards (ROMB).
- US Citizenship required, Pre-start Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI w/ poly or DOE Q
- Certified Test Conductor
- Project Management
- Experience supporting the generation and maintenance of Integrated Master Schedules.
- Understanding of program planning processes
- AI&T leadership (L-Code or Lead Engineer)
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $145100.00 - $269500.00
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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
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, or equivalent experience
- Strong background in aerospace manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing environments
- Deep understanding of Earned Value Management Systems and BCWP, BCWS, and ACWP metrics
- Experience managing master schedules, critical paths, and cross-functional resource allocation
- Exceptional communication skills, including customer interface and technical briefings to senior leadership
- Experience with Engineering Review Boards, Configuration Control Boards, and Risk Opportunity Management Boards
- US citizenship
- Pre-start Top Secret clearance, with ability to obtain TS/SCI with polygraph or DOE Q clearance
- Certified Test Conductor
- Project management experience
- Experience generating and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules
- Understanding of program planning processes
- AI&T leadership experience, such as L-Code or Lead Engineer experience
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