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    Aircraft Field Support Engineering Associate Mgr., F-35, Italy - Texas, United States - Lockheed Martin

    Lockheed Martin
    Lockheed Martin Texas, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Job Description

    Our products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world.

    Highly trained and specialized personnel and facilities are key to the company's unrivaled success in the aeronautics industry.

    Our workforce of more than 30,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.


    This position will be located at Amendola Air Base, Italy.

    The successful candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment team's technical interface to the on-site customer (both Operations and Maintenance) in resolving issues arising from maintenance or modification activities for all matters dealing with the F-35 aircraft.


    Manager Responsibilities:

    • Manage Field Support Engineers (FSE) and assigned personnel located at Amendola Air Base, Italy.
    • Direct and provide on-site support as requested by customer, site manager and program management.
    • Ensure employees comply with technical direction provided by the site manager and program management to perform to the expectations of contractual requirements.
    • Ensure all support is provided in-line with Service Airworthiness Guidance and F-35 program formally released technical data.
    • Ensure the team complies with the F-35 export workflow and associated export licenses when providing technical data to the customer.
    • Will be responsible for employee selection/hiring, training, employee performance assessments, and customer relationship management.

    Nose to Tail (NTT) FSE Responsibilities:

    • The preferred candidate will be a subject Matter Expert (SME) in Vehicle Systems/APG. It is desired that the individual also be an emerging authority in Avionics/Mission Systems (MS) and Supportable Low Observable (SLO)/Structures, with the skill set to accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of VS, MS, or SLO.
    • 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 operational / maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends.
    • Initiate Action Requests (ARs). Identifying 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 with and interact with the maintainer as well as the professional engineers from other F-35 companies as a peer.
    • Applicant must be able to work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment as this position involves significant and continued interface with customer personnel at all levels.
    • 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 and provide periodic status to Customer and Program Management.
    • Some travel required; candidates must be willing and able to deploy with Customer personnel to worldwide and hazardous duty locations. Long-term deployments may be required. Customer mandated vaccinations may be required.
    • United States citizenship is required. Must possess an active Secret Security Clearance. Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program Access.
    What's In It For You

    Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

    Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:


    • Medical
    • Dental
    • 401k
    • Paid time off
    • Work/life balance
    • Career development
    • Mentorship opportunities
    • Rewards & recognition
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    Desired skills

    The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:


    • 5 years of experience as an F-35 Field Service Engineer (FSE) in one of the three areas: Vehicle Systems, Mission Systems/Avionics or SLO/Structures.
    • Experience leading teams, both on-site and virtual.
    • Well-versed in troubleshooting Vehicle Systems (APG), Mission Systems/Avionics (MS) and Supportable Low Observable (SLO)/structures.
    • Technical report writing
    • Experience with drawing/schematics reading and interpretation
    • Fault Isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub-system level
    • Airframe & Power plant (A&P) license
    • Military Fighter Aircraft experience
    • Experience with engineering tools to include, but not limited to FSE Vision/VAST, PDM, VAS, JEDI, JARVIS, and CRE.
    • Knowledge of CATIA & System/Software Engineering Environment (S/SEE)