Flight Test Instrumentation System Design Engineer
Lockheed Martin
Job ID: 668832BR Date posted: Oct. 17, 2024
Description:We are Lockheed Martin
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 25,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.
Actively participates in the development and operations efforts of the Joint Strike Fighter Flight Test program and other programs as the Instrumentation Operations Engineer (IOE) and support the procurement of FTI Group A hardware along with vendor coordination. The Flight Test Instrumentation development effort is a multi year tri company project planned to support the SDD, System Design & Development, program phase, The DT Viability Project, and the Follow on Modernization programs. Primarily function as Instrumentation System Design & Operations Engineer at Fort Worth supporting local activities and test sites. Works under only general direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Contributes to the completion of specific programs and projects. Complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts, in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines. Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. Represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects. Provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, and practicable, and consistent with organization objectives. Tasks will include developing instrumentation requirements, schedules, resolving equipment and sensors selection problems and detailed system design of the instrumentation data acquisition system. Develops system software/programming for proper operation and data collection. Supports lab checkouts required to resolve instrumentation data acquisition anomalies. Supports daily flight test operations by assuring a test ready instrumentation system. Interacts with flight test engineers and other test engineering disciplines involved in scheduling, testing and troubleshooting during developmental aircraft flight testing. Works independently across engineering, maintenance, and logistics function teams, and communicates instrumentation issues and status across these teams. Fort Worth assigned tasks may include supporting initial installations/functional operations on the production line and the flight line as the test aircraft complete the manufacturing, first flight and ferry flight sequences. Interfaces with the FTI fabrication shop to ensure that all required hardware is identified, on order, and delivery dates are known. Selected applicant will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified materials.
**Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.**
A level 2 employee Typically has 2 - 5 years of professional experience.
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
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
This position is in Fort Worth, TX Discover Fort Worth.
EngineeringAeronautics
aeroTE
Basic Qualifications:
Operational experience with Instrumentation systems
• Experience with digital data acquisition systems
• Familiar with IRIG Standards
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience
Desired Skills:
Experience with Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) theory
• Excellent Communications Skills, Team Player, Presentation skills, Project Management, JSF Aircraft/Program Knowledge, Electrical Design (CATIA V4 & V5), VAS and PDM Experience.
• Experience with digital/analog circuits, RF applications, digital/analog video, data recording/storage (Chapter 10), sensors applications
• Knowledge of FTI Group A hardware
• Leadership Skills
• Excellent Communications Skills, Team Player, Presentation skills,
• Project Management, JSF Aircraft/Program Knowledge, Electrical Design (CATIA V4 & V5), VAS and PDM Experience.
• Experience with digital/analog circuits, RF applications, digital/analog video, data recording/storage (Chapter 10), sensors applications
• Knowledge of FTI Group A hardware
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electronics Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
Description:We are Lockheed Martin
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 25,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.
Actively participates in the development and operations efforts of the Joint Strike Fighter Flight Test program and other programs as the Instrumentation Operations Engineer (IOE) and support the procurement of FTI Group A hardware along with vendor coordination. The Flight Test Instrumentation development effort is a multi year tri company project planned to support the SDD, System Design & Development, program phase, The DT Viability Project, and the Follow on Modernization programs. Primarily function as Instrumentation System Design & Operations Engineer at Fort Worth supporting local activities and test sites. Works under only general direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Contributes to the completion of specific programs and projects. Complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts, in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines. Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. Represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects. Provides technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, and practicable, and consistent with organization objectives. Tasks will include developing instrumentation requirements, schedules, resolving equipment and sensors selection problems and detailed system design of the instrumentation data acquisition system. Develops system software/programming for proper operation and data collection. Supports lab checkouts required to resolve instrumentation data acquisition anomalies. Supports daily flight test operations by assuring a test ready instrumentation system. Interacts with flight test engineers and other test engineering disciplines involved in scheduling, testing and troubleshooting during developmental aircraft flight testing. Works independently across engineering, maintenance, and logistics function teams, and communicates instrumentation issues and status across these teams. Fort Worth assigned tasks may include supporting initial installations/functional operations on the production line and the flight line as the test aircraft complete the manufacturing, first flight and ferry flight sequences. Interfaces with the FTI fabrication shop to ensure that all required hardware is identified, on order, and delivery dates are known. Selected applicant will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified materials.
**Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.**
A level 2 employee Typically has 2 - 5 years of professional experience.
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
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
This position is in Fort Worth, TX Discover Fort Worth.
EngineeringAeronautics
aeroTE
Basic Qualifications:
Operational experience with Instrumentation systems
• Experience with digital data acquisition systems
• Familiar with IRIG Standards
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience
Desired Skills:
Experience with Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) theory
• Excellent Communications Skills, Team Player, Presentation skills, Project Management, JSF Aircraft/Program Knowledge, Electrical Design (CATIA V4 & V5), VAS and PDM Experience.
• Experience with digital/analog circuits, RF applications, digital/analog video, data recording/storage (Chapter 10), sensors applications
• Knowledge of FTI Group A hardware
• Leadership Skills
• Excellent Communications Skills, Team Player, Presentation skills,
• Project Management, JSF Aircraft/Program Knowledge, Electrical Design (CATIA V4 & V5), VAS and PDM Experience.
• Experience with digital/analog circuits, RF applications, digital/analog video, data recording/storage (Chapter 10), sensors applications
• Knowledge of FTI Group A hardware
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electronics Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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