JASSM Production Ramp Chief Engineer

About the Role: This position is for a Chief Engineering Sr. Manager for the JASSM program in the Strike Systems program area. The successful candidate will report to the JASSM Program Chief Engineer programmatically and be expected to work closely with the other members of the JASSM Chief Engineering staff to ensure synergy across tasks and to communicate lessons learned, as well as other Strike Systems Chief Engineers to ensure cross program collaboration. What You Will Be Doing: Providing technical leadership that enables the team to meet and demonstrate all milestones on schedule. Providing Technical and Programmatic leadership/oversight to increase JASSM production across all manufacturing sites and suppliers, while transitioning new variants into production and second source suppliers. Developing a productive partnership and trusting relationship with the USG customer. Leveraging new fabrication methods, test approaches, and production data analytics to increase yield and efficiency. Guiding Engineering team, IPT leads and cross-functional teams in program planning, scheduling, trade studies and critical production and manufacturing reviews. Ensuring program staffing is appropriate from an E&T perspective. Collaborating with Engineering Excellence management to ensure program milestones are successfully completed. Supporting and leading program technical reviews and participating in monthly E&T meetings, staff meetings, and other critical program activities. Communicating lessons learned and ensuring synergy across tasks with the entire Chief Engineer staff. Key Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership throughout proposal phase and provide support for facilitation and transition to production. Develop and execute detailed program plans, schedules, and trade study analyses. Lead or support customer briefings, weekly IPT status updates, Technical Interchange Meetings, Technical Readiness Reviews, and other critical program reviews. Participate in Failure Review Boards, Risk Management, and Mission Success Reviews. Support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations. Requirements: Have demonstrated experience leading technical team through major proposal effort. Have demonstrated production experience and leading transition to production activities. Have demonstrated experience in planning and leading technical solutions from proposal through transition to production. Demonstrate excellent leadership skills and a proven ability to lead technical efforts with cross-functional teams. Possess experience and initiative to ensure technical leadership and support for the development process. Show a strong understanding of Full Spectrum Leadership principles (technical, people, business, strategic). Have excellent oral and written communication skills. Basic Qualifications: Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, with existing professional experience. Experience and demonstrated skillset with missile systems design and development. Must possess ability to plan and lead the technical teams/efforts associated with complex missile systems. Candidate will be required to communicate technical status and issues internally to program leadership, technical leadership and functional leadership as well as externally to the USG customer. Must be available for occasional domestic travel. Candidate must have a Top Secret clearance and be able to obtain program level clearance. Working knowledge of dealing with subcontractors and subcontract technical management. Desired Skills: An advanced degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is desired. Prior experience at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is highly desired. Candidate should have wide experience/familiarity in collaborating with the Engineering & Technology functional organization. Ability to interface with the USG Customer office and global supply base. Ability to support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations. Experience in leading Failure Analysis and Failure Review Boards. Location: Orlando, FL. This position will require occasional domestic travel and on-site work with the ability to flex working hours. Benefits: We are committed to supporting your growth and development, with mandatory training for growth into the Chief Engineer organization. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package and a dynamic work environment. EEO Statement: Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr Lockheed Martin