Flight Test Project Manager

Lockheed Martin Corporation•Fort Worth, TX

42d•Onsite

About The Position

Job Description: Overview of the Flight Test Operations Team: This position is within the Flight Test Operations team, a part of the Test and Evaluation organization. The Flight Test Operations team is responsible for Flight Test Project Management from the start of a program, to planning aircraft modifications with Flight Test Control Engineers, all the way to developing and executing Flight Test Plans with our Flight Test Engineers. We are a dynamic team that values collaboration, communication, and innovation. Job Summary: The successful candidate for the Flight Test Project Manager (FTPM) acts as the programmatic liaison between Flight Test teams, Integrated Fighter Group LoBE teams, System Test, LM Discipline Engineers, and the customer. The customer is defined as the Lockheed Martin (LM) Program Office, The System Program Office (SPO), Flight Test Manager, and the end user U.S. Air Force (USAF) and/or Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or equivalent experience.
Flight test and project management experience is required.
Understanding of flight test instrumentation and data processing.
Experience with Lockheed Martin / USG logistics, and supply chain management processes.
Must have experience with USG contracts, earned value management systems, and CAM duties.
Proven organizational, communications (verbal and written) and leadership skills.
Capable of effectively communicating to executive leadership. Understanding of military rank structure; as well as the ability to establish and maintain good customer relations with the USG.
Professional experience and specialized training commensurate with assignment.
Active Secret clearance.
Ability to work with highly diverse, cross functional, and international teams. Travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the Temporary-2 (T-2) modification process.
Understanding of flight operations, maintenance, configuration management, aircraft modification, avionics flight test, and flight sciences flight test.
Experience with project management methodologies, systems analysis tools as well as processes & methods.

Responsibilities

Considered the single point of contact related to Flight Test: act as a focal point for T&E Leadership, Flight Test Engineers (FTEs), Flight Test Control Engineers (FTCEs), and other Fort Worth engineering support. Also serves as the flight test liaison between the Test sites and Fort Worth teams. This includes Program Description Documents (PDDs) and work authorization status for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) test activities, Functional and Physical Configuration Audit (FCA/PCA) requirements for flight test, Fort Worth engineering requirements for Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility (EMI/EMC), Stores Management System (SMS), Aerospace Equipment Instruction (AEI), and unique system-under-test (SUT) ground tests, Fort Worth engineering support to help resolve test system hardware and software issues.
The candidate will support the Flight Test Project Integrator on new proposal work that includes, inputs to Statement of Work (SOW) development for the flight test tasks, develops and submits the Rough Order of Magnitude (ROMs) and Basis of Estimate (BOEs) for the Flight Test organization with input from technical leads.
Leads or Supports Test Planning depending on contract to include organizing and leading Test Plan Working Groups (TPWGs) and Test Information Sheet Working Groups (TISWGs), coordinates LM Aero co-authorship of test plans developed for testing conducted at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) and test plan development for testing conducted in Fort Worth.
Participates in Safety Planning process to include the development of the safety package with LM Flight Safety, participates in the Safety Review Board, and for testing occurring at Edwards and Eglin AFB, the FTPM supports the Flight Test Readiness Review (FTRR) and the Safety Review Board (SRB) that is hosted by the test squadron.
Provide status to the Integrated Product Team (IPT), attend weekly program office/IPT meetings, participate in risk boards, and provide inputs to or attend Program Management Reviews (PMRs) and pre-PMRs.

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