Chief Engineer Principal

Lockheed Martin•Huntsville, AL

3d•$164,300 - $327,635•Onsite

About The Position

The coolest job on this planet….or any other….are with Lockheed Martin Space. By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a health, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Lockheed Martin seeks a talented Chief Engineer to join the team in Huntsville, Alabama. The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon Platform Chief Engineer leads the design and development of the prototype operational Platform system on an accelerated schedule to deliver the U.S. Army’s critical national need for a hypersonic ground system capability. As the primary technical authority for the Army Platform development, this leader ensures LM technical design integrity through all development phases, balances schedule demands without sacrificing technical rigor by developing technical risk assessments and mitigation approaches to deliver essential capability. This leader delivers these outcomes through Full Spectrum Leadership values by investing in the development of the team and providing technical and leadership oversight, mentoring and coaching.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education
Significant technical experience with demonstrated expertise in systems integration, engineering, and/or test of complex systems
Proven team leadership experience in systems design and development
Familiarity with government customers and programs
Active Interim Secret clearance required for this role with ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance. Selected candidate will be subject to certain citizenship requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Science or Engineering preferred
Experience as a conceptual thinker with the ability to proactively translate into action and results
Experience in Army platform integration, reentry, missile, or hypersonic systems
Experience in key technologies or applicable skills: Thermal; Materials; Propulsion; Flight Computers; Communications; Power
Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues/challenges
Demonstrated customer orientation by learning and understanding customers’ missions, needs, and perspectives
Experience in a development and test environment
Excellent communication skills, with experience addressing executive leadership and external customers

Responsibilities

Defines and owns the technical baseline for the Army Platform system
Ensures Army Platform readiness for Flight Tests and integration with the Army Launcher platform
Adjudicates technical conflicts between & within the Army Platform Systems Element
Engages in architecture definition and trades
Coordinates overall architecture and system performance including technical performance measurements and risk assessments
Leads the definition of technology development roadmaps and insertion
Ensures selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability
Leads special assignment projects to address and drive closure on key program technical concerns
Ensures program plans and technical baselines are consistent with Program Control processes and Modern Engineering Practices
Ensures identification of lessons learned, and corrective action are initiated and implemented to improve future and ongoing programs