F-35 Field Support Engineer, F-35 Program-MCAS Beaufort, Level 4

Lockheed Martin•Beaufort, SC

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company as an Aircraft Field Service Engineer (FSE) on our Aeronautics Field Sustainment (AFS) team! Our team is responsible for supporting the F-35 Program at our Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina location. As a Nose to Tail (NTT) FSE, the preferred candidate will be a subject Matter Expert (SME) in Avionics/Mission Systems (MS), APG/Vehicle Systems (VS) or Supportable Low Observable (SLO)/Structures. While also being an emerging authority in the other two disciplines that they are not a SME in. The NTT FSE will possess the skill set to accomplish advanced troubleshooting and analysis of MS, VS, or SLO. The candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment (AFS) 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.

Requirements

Combination of 6 years experience on 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft (F-22 or F-35) troubleshooting Avionics/Mission Systems and/or APG / Vehicle Systems (VS).
Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program Access.
Must have an active Secret Security Clearance.
Must be a US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

3 years of experience with F-35 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)

Responsibilities

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 operation / maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends.
Initiate Action Requests (ARs). Identify 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 and interact with the maintainer as well as the professional engineers from other F-35 companies as a peer.
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 efforts and provide periodic status to customer and program management.