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Lockheed Martin MFC in Westford / Andover, Mass is seeking an experienced Test Infrastructure (TI) and System Integration & Test (SI&T) Lead.
The Lead will partner with the TI and SI&T IPTL leads throughout the development lifecycle, ensuring technical, schedule, and cost objectives are met.
What You Will Be Doing
Technical leadership — Guide a multidisciplinary team in architecture development, configuration-item definition, and integration of test hardware/software.
Program execution — Own control-account management, risk & opportunity mitigation, and BOE (Basis of Estimate) development.
Cross-functional collaboration — Coordinate with Engineering, Production Operations, Materials, Quality, and Supplier Technical leads through regular IPT meetings and ad-hoc forums.
Customer & stakeholder engagement — Represent the IPT in internal and external customer reviews, briefings, and status meetings.
Decision support — Work closely with Program Leadership (Chief Engineer, Program Manager, other IPTs) to make collaborative, data-driven decisions.
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.
Andover, Massachusetts is a charming suburb of Boston located about 20 miles north of that city.
Andover is close to historic Lowell Massachusetts and to Nashua, New Hampshire.
Where can you get to from Andover? Both locations are about 90 minutes from Cape Cod. Boston is about 30 minutes to the east without traffic. New York City is about 4.5 hours away from Andover. Waterville Valley and other major ski resorts of New Hampshire and Vermont are about 2 to 3 hours to the north.
It should be noted that Andover, Massachusetts is approximately 20 miles northwest of the Boston metropolitan area and offers better access to a wide range of substantially more affordable regions in the area to live. Those regions include Northeastern and North Central Massachusetts, and Southern, New Hampshire.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or a related STEM discipline.
8+ years of relevant professional experience working in Hardware in the Loop (HWIL), Integration and Test (I&T), Test Engineering, or Design Verification Testing (DVT).
Hands-on familiarity with laboratory and test-equipment hardware (oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, matrix switch cards, PXI-based I/O modules, AC/DC power distribution).
Experience developing software for test applications (LabVIEW, C#, C++, Python, or MATLAB).
Ability to Obtain SECRET clearance (Interim required prior to start).
Experience testing RF sensors and associated test-range hardware.
Experience with Cost Accounting & Earned Value Management (CAM/EVMS), manpower planning, and Integrated Master Scheduling (IMS).
Experience supporting Proposals (Basis of Estimates (BOEs)).
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
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM discipline
- 8+ years of relevant experience in Hardware-in-the-Loop, Integration and Test, Test Engineering, or Design Verification Testing
- Hands-on familiarity with laboratory and test equipment, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, matrix switch cards, PXI-based I/O modules, and AC/DC power distribution
- Experience developing test applications using LabVIEW, C#, C++, Python, or MATLAB
- Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance, with an interim clearance required before start
- Experience testing RF sensors and associated test-range hardware
- Experience with Cost Accounting, Earned Value Management, manpower planning, and Integrated Master Scheduling
- Experience supporting proposals and developing Basis of Estimates
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