Aircraft Field Support Engineer Senior (Level 3)

Job Description

Our products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world.

Highly trained and specialized personnel and facilities are key to the company's unrivaled success in the aeronautics industry.

Our workforce of more than 30,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.

Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company as an Aircraft Field Service Engineer (FSE) on our Aeronautics Field Sustainment team! This FSE position directly supports the F-35 squadrons at Luke AFB, AZ, to include USAF, Norwegian, Italian, Royal Netherlands, Danish, and Belgium Air Forces.

Luke AFB currently has 5 squadrons and growing

As a Nose to Tail (NTT) FSE, the preferred candidate will be a subject Matter Expert (SME) in APG / Vehicle Systems (VS).

It is desired the individual also be an emerging authority in Avionics / Mission Systems (MS) and Supportable Low Observable (SLO) / Structures, with the skill set to accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of VS, MS, or SLO.

The candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment Team's technical interface to the on-site Customer (both Operations and Maintenance) in resolving issues arising from maintenance and modification activities for all matters dealing with the F-35 aircraft.

Some travel required; candidates must be willing and able to deploy with Customer personnel to the Continental United States (CONUS), Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) and hazardous duty locations.

US Department of Defense (DoD) mandated vaccinations may be required. Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels.

Provide support for the assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations. Direct on-site support as requested by customer, site manager or program management.

Manage and track multiple engineering and logistics support activities, providing periodic status to customer and Program Management.

Responsibilities include :

• Accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of difficulties experienced in the field.
• Attend debriefings, to aid in the rapid identification of emerging issues that require company intervention to avoid aircraft downtime.
• Document all unusual operational / maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends.
• Initiate Action Requests (ARs). Identifying unique operational problems that require technical, procedural, or quality assurance actions to resolve.

Provide on-site assistance to company and Customer personnel initiating ARs.

• Provide training to Customer personnel.
• Must be able to work with and interact with the maintainer as well as the professional engineers from other F-35 companies as a peer.
• Applicant must be able to work all shifts as directed by leadership.
• Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels.
• Provide support for the assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations.
• Direct on-site support as requested by customer, site manager or program management.
• Lead and track multiple engineering and provide periodic status to Customer and Program Management.
• Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program Access. Must possess an active Secret Security Clearance. Must be a US Citizen.

This position is located at a facility that will require special access.

Desired skills

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates :

• 3 years of experience with Avionics / Mission Systems (MS)
• Previous Field Service Engineer (FSE) experience highly desired.
• Experience communicating to Military leadership teams and Senior Leaders.
• Fault isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub-system level.
• Technical report writing skills.
• Experience with technical drawings / schematics reading and interpretation.
• Experience with engineering tools to include, but not limited to FSE Vision / VAST, PDM, VAS, JEDI, JARVIS, and CRE.
• Knowledge of CATIA and System / Software Engineering Environment (S / SEE).
• Experience partnering with military operational units.
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