Lead Obsolescence Engineer

Lockheed Martin•Huntsville, AL

12d•Onsite

About The Position

“Ahead of Ready” At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to think big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, encouragement and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you! When enemies attack, governments need be ready to defend their soldiers, citizens, and infrastructure. That’s where THAAD comes in – it's one of the most advanced missile defense systems in the world and is ready to take on the challenge. Learn more about THAAD. Come join our amazing people on the THAAD program as an Obsolescence Surveillance & Integration Lead Engineer where you will be responsible for proactive obsolescence management to prevent hardware and software obsolescence discoveries from disrupting the THAAD Production and Post Production Programs. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING: Leading a team of obsolescence engineers to perform surveillance and determine innovative mitigation strategies to minimize risk and impacts to the wider THAAD program’s commitments. Coordinating with multiple Lockheed Martin facilities and functional groups as well as with Global Supply Chain to ensure fully compliant obsolescence surveillance is performed by all THAAD suppliers. Performing analyses to determine impacts and work with a multifunctional team to perform Strategic Mitigation studies to drive advanced solutions that support Program objectives, including support to bid and proposal activities. Maintaining direct and regular contact with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the senior Lockheed Martin leadership and government customers. Providing daily guidance to early and mid-career engineers. You can learn more about Huntsville, AL by visiting this link. You can learn more about Sunnyvale, CA by visiting this link. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

Experience in a project management or technical leadership role.
Prior experience involving parts and/or software obsolescence, lifecycle management or product sustainment.
Willingness to travel minimum 4x per year to support quarterly reviews with customer and LM executives.
Willing and able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Materials Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
Thorough understanding of Production and Post-Production Obsolescence Surveillance and Mitigation techniques (for example, Department of Defense SD-22 and SD-26, IEC 62402, or SAE-STD-0016).
Strong leadership skills to lead geographically separated multifunctional surveillance teams.
Strong communication skills to lead key meetings with customer and LM executives.
Experience with Missile Defense Agency customer.
Cost Account Manager (CAM) experience, including: define surveillance budget requirements for applicable proposals, manage Estimate to Complete (ETC) and charging for surveillance accounts, develop Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for Proposals, and request Financial Exposure Authorizations (FEAs) as required.
Active or Current Secret clearance

Responsibilities

Leading a team of obsolescence engineers to perform surveillance and determine innovative mitigation strategies to minimize risk and impacts to the wider THAAD program’s commitments.
Coordinating with multiple Lockheed Martin facilities and functional groups as well as with Global Supply Chain to ensure fully compliant obsolescence surveillance is performed by all THAAD suppliers.
Performing analyses to determine impacts and work with a multifunctional team to perform Strategic Mitigation studies to drive advanced solutions that support Program objectives, including support to bid and proposal activities.
Maintaining direct and regular contact with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the senior Lockheed Martin leadership and government customers.
Providing daily guidance to early and mid-career engineers.