THAAD Interceptor Development Chief Engineer

Description

The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space! At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems.

Our culture encourages employees to think big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, encouragement and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you. When enemies attack, governments need to be ready to defend their soldiers, citizens, and infrastructure. That’s where THAAD comes in – it’s one of the most advanced missile defense systems in the world and is ready to take on the challenge.

Learn more about THAAD.

Lockheed Martin is looking for an experienced and dynamic Interceptor Development Chief Engineer to join the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) program.

• Support the THAAD Interceptor Chief Engineer with primary delegated responsibility for the THAAD development program
• Act as the main technical authority and liaison to customers, program leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders for THAAD interceptor development and obsolescence redesign activities
• Lead, mentor, organize and develop a multi-disciplinary engineering team
• Drive timely and effective resolution of critical development issues by developing action plans, setting priorities, and briefing executive and external leadership on status, recommendations, and risks
• Efficiently close internal and external FRBs through a disciplined root cause and corrective action process
• Evaluate and approve technical baselines and BOEs to enforce development of executable, affordable and technically sound proposals

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience
• Significant experience in Aerospace and/or Defense Industry
• Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve technical issues/challenges – Root Cause/Corrective Actions
• Demonstrated history of engineering excellence and technical leadership
• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain a Secret Clearance

• Experience and familiarity with a variety of engineering disciplines
• Prior experience with the THAAD program or similar missile programs
• Prior development program experience
• Experience with troubleshooting test failures
• Experience working with and directing suppliers
• Strong mentoring skills as evidenced through active mentoring relationships
• Proven experience as a conceptual thinker with the ability to translate into action and results
• Demonstrated ability to interact with customers and build effective relationships
• Demonstrated ability to communicate successfully both written and verbally across all levels of an organization from entry level to executive Vice Presidents
• Demonstrated agility in decision-making
• Active or current Secret clearance

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration.

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Expression of Interest: 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.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite full-time – the work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: 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.

Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off.

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