General Engineering

50 LMRecognitionRelocation: PossibleType: LeaderShift: 1Clearance Prior to Start: Interim SecretFinal Clearance: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 yearsPay Transparency: $148,300.00 - $275,500.00Experience Level: Experienced ProfessionalFT/PT/Casual: FullTimeDepartment: MFC-PrimaryBusiness Unit: MFC-PrimaryStandard Job DescriptionThe RF Product Center is seeking an experienced Chief Engineer to lead the technical strategy and execution of future Sensor products that will shape the next generation of the Missiles and Fire Control & Rotary and Mission Systems business areas. This role will help define the technical and capability roadmaps for future Sensor product development while ensuring new capabilities are architected for manufacturability, affordability, reuse, scalability, and sustainment. Success requires balancing technical depth with strategic thinking, working across Lockheed Martin Business Areas, Engineering disciplines, Product Management, Operations, Advanced Programs, Business Development, and program teams to align technology investments with future business needs.Develop and maintain the Sensor product technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with customer needs, business strategy, and technology investments.Partner with Architects to define scalable architectures that maximize reuse across programs while balancing cost, schedule, technical performance, and manufacturability.Provide technical leadership across Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Business Development, Advanced Programs, and functional organizations.Lead engineering cost, schedule, and technical development execution and integration activities across multiple organizations and Business Areas.Identify technical risks early and develop mitigation strategies that enable successful transition into programs and production.Champion systems engineering rigor while enabling rapid innovation and technology maturation.Foster collaboration across engineering disciplines and organizational boundaries to ensure technically integrated solutions.Work closely with business development, product management, sensor architects to help support the development of product, capability, and technology roadmaps in order to define investment strategy for future Sensor development.Ensure engineering teams are staffed appropriately for all activities.Support internal and external customer meetings, IPT status, Technical Interchange Meetings, Technical Readiness Reviews, metrics generation, PDRs, CDRs, and Failure Review Boards, Risk Management, and Mission Success Reviews.Basic QualificationsAbility to obtain and maintain a security clearance.The successful candidate must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university, with existing professional experience.Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security Clearance with an investigation in the past 5 years.The successful candidate must have significant multi-discipline technical leadership experience and be able to manage a highly complex technical project with little oversight.The candidate must be able to manage a budget, forecast resources, and develop close working relationships with associate IPT Leads, functional managers, and Customer counterparts.Desired SkillsDemonstrated experience serving as a Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, Technical Director, or equivalent technical leadership role on complex defense or aerospace programs.Experience with technology maturation, prototype development, and transition planning.Strong systems engineering background with experience balancing technical performance, manufacturability, affordability, and lifecycle considerations.Experience in planning and leading technical solutions from proposal through all aspects of development. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.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. 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; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.