Aeronautical Test Engineer Job Description Sample

Job Description: :

• Structural Design Engineer for the F-35 Program.

• The successful candidate will provide engineering support to revise and create detailed installation designs, flight & ground test support, and production operations support of the F-35 build process.

• Tasks will include CATIA V4/V5 modeling, Build-To-Package releases, assume responsibility for coordinating and bring to closure Problem Resolution request from the shop floor, coordination with all F-35 Engineering functional teams, support of vendor and customer inquiries, and data management within the F-35 PDM database.

• Tasks will also include Minor Lead Activities in the resolution of Major Change Request integration and solution development.

• This engineering position requires the ability to present and defend design efforts to peer groups, Lead Engineers, and advanced levels of Engineering Management.

• These activities will support work assignments within the Structural Design team that is responsible for the F-35 Forward Fuselage Structure, Canopy, and In-Flight Opening Doors & Mechanisms Design and Integration.

Performs duties as assigned in the Engineering and Technology organization.

Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors degree in an Engineering related field

Aeronautical engineering experience

Desired skills

Design and support of F-35 Structural and Mechanical Systems.

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Fort Worth Texas

Security Clearance :

Secret

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Program :

F-35

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Fort Worth

State :

TX

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Yes

Work Schedule :

FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Fort Worth

Job Description: :

This position is with the Engineering & Technology Air Vehicle Systems (AVS) directorate, reporting to the senior manager of the Air Vehicle Development team. The selected candidate will support the Air Vehicle Directorate as the lead for Air Vehicle Operations. These tasks include the following:

• Management of Air Vehicle related activities funded by Direct Charging Indirect budgets

• Management of Air Vehicle related Overhead Indirect budgets including Business Travel, Conference and Training Travel

• Support of Air Vehicle staffing efforts and staffing forecasts

• Coordination of AVS technical support for the Aero Lines of Business (LOBs)

• Support of ongoing AVS Culture of Accountability implementation

The selected candidate will also serve as the lead Competency Assurance Engineer for AVS, with a focus on the Structural Design area. This position leads provision of AVS training for the LOBs, working with the competency assurance leads in the individual technical disciplines.

Competency Assurance tasks are as follows:

• Maintaining constant communication with the Aero Structures teams to understand technical issues and staffing, training, and engineering tool needs

• Being familiar with the Structures work force across Aero, and understanding the related data in the SkillFinder tool

• Supporting development and maintenance of Aero Command Media related to Structures Design, and driving continuous improvement into the processes

• Management of training curricula / course development and training provision / acquisition

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with Control Account Management (CAM) or project / budget planning and execution

• Previous program experience in Structural Design

• Experience with the product development cycle

• Experience in development and implementation of team training

• Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Desired skills

• Comfort and experience in reaching out and communicating with multiple LOBs and functions

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely

• Be a self-starter that can identify own tasking and tempo, with a desire to See It, Own It, Solve It, and Do It

• Experience across multiple LM Aero LOBs, or multiple Aero sites

• Experience in process development / continuous improvement

• Experience in Culture of Accountability / driving cultural change

• Experience with CATIA

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Fort Worth Texas

Security Clearance :

None

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Fort Worth

State :

TX

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Yes

Work Schedule :

FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Fort Worth

Job Description: :

Become part of our team as an in-country engineer for KF-X effort. This program provides technical assistance to Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) to develop an advanced, multirole fighter for the Republic of Korea Air Force. The KF-X program is seeking a person with experience with Structural Design Criteria and development of Static Loads. The successful candidate will provide technical advice (to include training, guidance, support, and development assistance) to KAI engineers through the Design and Development phases of the program. This position will be located in Sacheon, South Korea and responsibilities include:

• Review several criteria documents (ex. airframe general spec, structural design criteria, etc.)

• Provide consultation on the static loads analysis procedure

• Review the flight maneuvers and the store loading configurations for static loads analysis

• Review and provide feedback on the process and procedure for developing the aerodynamic database made from wind tunnel data or computational fluid dynamics

• Review and provide feedback on the flexible aero increment generated by structural deformation

• Review the selection of critical load conditions for stress analysis and review the DLL (design limit load) envelope at each airframe station

• Support Preliminary Design Review (PDR) related to static loads, and provide guidance on static loads issues for the Critical Design Review (CDR)

In addition to strong technical skills, the candidate should have a track record of success working in diverse groups where attention to the customer is paramount. The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert and train and mentor customer engineers. Upon selection, the candidate will receive details of the long-term benefits package associated with this international assignment.

Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Candidate must be able to relocate internationally.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in an engineering discipline with 7+ years of experience in aircraft structural design.

• Experience with aircraft structural design

• Experience mentoring or training engineers

• Experience working on diverse engineering teams

• Experience with military or government programs

Desired skills

The following are desired but not required:

• Experience mentoring or training engineers on diverse teams

• Significant experience in managing design criteria and conducting the load analysis for fighter-level airframe, and leading the airframe-scale development project

• Proficient computer skill to edit computer codes by oneself using computer languages (C, Fortran, Python, Matlab and so on) and to visualize the various results with Excel, Matlab, Tecplot, Patran, etc.

Additionally:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills

• Experience with military or government programs

• Experience working with international customers, particularly the Korean Government or culture

• Experience with Export Control Compliance

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Bethesda Maryland

Security Clearance :

None

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Program :

KF-X

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Foreign Location :

Korea

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Bethesda

State :

MD

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Possible

Work Schedule :

FLEX-Non-Standard 40 hour week

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Bethesda

Job Description: :

Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Program

This is an engineering position within the Advanced Structures Design group. The focus of this position is on aircraft structural design. Tasks may include detail modeling, layouts and detail drawings using CATIA V5, participating in trade studies, creating and maintaining ICDs (interface control documents), and coordination with subcontractors and other Integrated Product Teams.

Must be a US Citizen, position is located at a facility that requires special access

Basic Qualifications

Experience working with CAD

Experience with Aerospace or Airframe design

Bachelors degree required

Desired skills

Experience creating and/or modifying drawings

Experience w/ GD&T

Catia V5

Metallic, Composite, or High Temperature design/fabrication experience

Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills

Excellent presentation and communication skills, both oral and written

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's team of 113,000 people works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in all 50 states and more than 570 facilities that span 70 countries.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Job Location(s): Palmdale California

Security Clearance :

Secret

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Program :

ADP

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Palmdale

State :

CA

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Yes

Work Schedule :

FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Palmdale

Job Description: :

This position is for an Aeronautical Engineer on the US NAVY Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program.

This position is part of Reshaping FBM and will require relocation to Colorado in 2020. The starting location is Sunnyvale, CA.

Candidate will be responsible for performing a variety of analyses related to missile systems performance and functionality using various modeling and simulation methods. Analysis is focused on Range Safety, trajectory development, post flight analysis, and performance due to missile design changes.

Duties include writing or modifying software to support and perform specific analysis as required by the customer; maintenance and update of missile simulation software as required; and creating and maintaining software documentation (user's guides, model formulation, etc.)

Candidate will also be responsible for creating technical memos, providing input to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, and presenting analysis results to internal engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel during technical exchange meetings.

Final SECRET Clearance is required to be considered for this position.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical or Aerospace Engineering, or other related engineering degree.

• Programming experience with MATLAB.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• SECRET Clearance required.

Desired skills

• Familiarity with UNIX/LINUX operating system (O/S)
• Programming language experience (FORTRAN, C, etc.)
• Knowledge of missile trajectory performance and/or experience with Missile subsystems (NGC, propulsion, controls)
• Understanding of trajectory modelling and analysis
• FBM program experience

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Sunnyvale California

Security Clearance :

Secret

Business Unit :

ESS4400 SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY

Program :

FBM-SEIT-RESHAPING

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Sunnyvale

State :

CA

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

No

Work Schedule :
9x80A-9,9,9,9,8 hrs/d in wk1, /9,9,9,9,off in wk2

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Sunnyvale

Job Summary:

L3 AS&T is seeking a highly experienced Aeronautical Engineer with a strong background designing air vehicles for transonic and supersonic flight regimes, with knowledge of hypersonic flight regimes as well. The ideal applicant for this position will have at least 10-20 years of experience working in a highly technical capacity as an Aeronautical Engineer. This position requires a high level of knowledge of all aspects of aircraft design, simulation, and testing, with an emphasis on small unmanned air vehicles. Aeronautical engineering should be a personal passion for you, as much as it is a career.

The ability to design air vehicles based on a good understanding of first principles and best practices is a must; the applicant must be able to screen a variety of requirements to create an initial conceptual design that will feed into the design process for other engineering disciplines. Additionally, the applicant must be able to derive requirements, and provide feedback on the feasibility of customer requirements, when needed. The ability to conduct trade studies in an efficient manner is expected.

The applicant should be pursuing a technically-oriented career path, and should have the ability to effectively communicate with team members from all disciplines. The applicant must be able to relate complex Aeronautical Engineering principles to audiences that include people who are not engineers. A high degree of emotional intelligence is a must.

This position will require travel to support wind tunnel tests, flight tests, and off-site meetings, which will result in up to 10 travel events per year, typically less than 1 week in duration.

Within AS&T, the Aeronautical Engineering staff is grouped within the Mechanical Engineering department. This position will report to the Director of Mechanical Engineering.

Major Responsibilities/Activities Statements:

• Function as aerodynamics expert for transonic and supersonic flight regimes, with knowledge of hypersonic regimes

• Evaluate requirements and conduct trade studies to derive new air vehicle designs

• Create aeronautical performance estimates (e.g. range/endurance, stability, etc.)

• Specify wind tunnel performance analysis criteria, and perform data reduction on the data obtained through wind tunnel testing

• Work closely with Guidance and Control and Mechanical Engineering teams during design processes

• Explore new, game-changing technological integrations that may have limited prior art for reference.

• Mentor other engineers in aeronautical design principles

Job Requirements:

Required Experience:

• Significant of experience in the design of air vehicles for transonic and supersonic flight regimes

• Experience planning, executing, and reporting pertinent results from wind tunnel tests at various flight regimes. Includes tunnel model design experience.

• Experience using aero performance and analysis tools

Required Skills:

• Expertise in the design of air vehicles for transonic and supersonic flight regimes

• Proficiency with system design and analysis tools, such as CFD (preferably ANSYS), Matlab, and wind tunnel testing

• The ability to perform in all aspects of Flight Sciences including requirements derivation, airframe design, aero-performance analysis, stability and control design and analysis, airfoil design and analysis, mass property allocation and tracking, and reporting of pertinent data at customer level reviews

• The ability to determine feasibility of new requirements from an aeronautical performance perspective, and to provide feedback to customers

• Experience with mechanical CAD design is desired, and exposure to Creo or Solidworks is a plus

• The ability to mentor more junior engineers

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills to facilitate communications with team members, customers, and senior leadership

• Excellent organizational, decision-making and problem solving skills

• Excellent people skills to include collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment

• Strong Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a must for this and all positions within AS&T

• Outstanding work ethic and commitment to organizational success

• Proficient with Microsoft Office products

Other Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship

• Existing DoD Secret clearance (or higher) with current 5 year update

• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SSBI is mandatory

Desired:

• Experience with designing aircraft for Low Reynold's Number flight regimes is strongly desired

• Experience with missile systems and other air-launched air vehicles is strongly desired

• Experience with different forms of power plant systems, including electric, reciprocating, and/or turbine, is desired

• Possession of a current Top Secret clearance is highly desirable.

• Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from an accredited university is required.

• Attainment of Master's Degree or other advanced degree is strongly desired. A combination of experience and education will be used to evaluate applicants.

• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

• Ability to travel up to 25%

• Support Field Testing

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this labor category. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.

L3 Advanced Systems & Technologies offers a competitive benefits package that includes: paid holidays and personal time off or vacation & sick; medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; long-term and short-term disability insurance; company-paid life insurance; 401(k) plan with company match; and a discretionary bonus plan.

L3 Technologies, Inc. is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3 provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. L3 maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status. #LI-RL1

Job Description: :

Flight Test Engineer supporting the F-35B and F-35C aircraft as a Test Conductor within the F-35 Integrated Test Force, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Position will work with military, contractor, and civil service personnel as members of the flight test team.

Duties and responsibilities include planning, scheduling, and executing flight test mission requirements by:

• Developing and publishing test plans and flight test cards,

• Determining and communicating aircraft test requirements and configuration to responsible engineering, maintenance, instrumentation, and flight operations personnel to ensure aircraft readiness,

• Complying with published test safety plans and standard operating procedures,

• Conducting test missions and performing test mission briefings and debriefings, after meeting qualification requirements.

• Evaluating results from flight activities and incorporating "lessons learned" into future test activities.

• Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

• This position requires at a minimum an Interim Secret Clearance to start.

Basic Qualifications

Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering/Technical Discipline.

Communication and coordination experience.

Experience in the aerospace/defense industry.

Desired skills

Knowledge of test techniques for modern fighter aircraft.

Prior flight test program experience including real-time mission conduct.

Current or prior F-35 Program Access.

F-35 aircraft systems knowledge.

Experience with and understanding of the principles of Situational Awareness and Crew Resource Management.

Ability to pass medical requirements required to participate in shipboard testing.

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Patuxent River Maryland

Security Clearance :

Secret

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Program :

F-35

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Patuxent River

State :

MD

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Yes

Work Schedule :

FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Patuxent River

Job Description: :

Flight Test Engineer supporting the F-35B and F-35C aircraft as a Test Conductor within the F-35 Integrated Test Force, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Position will work with military, contractor, and civil service personnel as members of the flight test team.

Duties and responsibilities include planning, scheduling, and executing flight test mission requirements by:

• Developing and publishing test plans and flight test cards,

• Determining and communicating aircraft test requirements and configuration to responsible engineering, maintenance, instrumentation, and flight operations personnel to ensure aircraft readiness,

• Complying with published test safety plans and standard operating procedures,

• Conducting test missions and performing test mission briefings and debriefings, after meeting qualification requirements.

• Evaluating results from flight activities and incorporating "lessons learned" into future test activities.

• Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.*

This position requires at a minimum an Interim Secret Clearance to start.

Basic Qualifications

Prior flight test program experience including real-time mission conduct.

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering/Technical Discipline.

Advanced communication and coordination experience.

Desired skills

Current or prior F-35 Program Access

F-35 Aircraft systems knowledge.

Knowledge of test techniques for modern fighter aircraft.

Experience with and understanding of the principles of Situational Awareness and Crew Resource Management.

Ability to pass medical requirements required to participate in shipboard testing.

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Patuxent River Maryland

Security Clearance :

Secret

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Program :

F35

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Patuxent River

State :

MD

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Yes

Work Schedule :

FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Patuxent River

Job Description: :

The position is to support ADP activity as an engineering lead of a multidisciplinary test team. Responsibilities include test planning up to and including flight test, establishing facilities based requirements to execute tests, coordinating test activities across the program, ensuring proper training of individuals to support flight test, and executing working group and program reviews in support of program activities.

The engineer is responsible for the test teams planning and efficient execution of all test related activities.

The individual will serve as the control account manager for the test organization with responsibility for schedule and budget. This position entails significant coordination with team members and other disciplines both inside and outside of the program, requiring an individual with excellent communication skills.

• Must be a US Citizen, position is located at a facility that requires special access. Must posses Top Secret Security Clearance with an investigation within the last 5 years.*

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Engineering/Technical Discipline

Flight Test experience

Support or execution of first flight related activities including envelope expansion

Team lead experience

Desired skills

Test support beyond flight test

Test project lead or ship lead experience

Presentation experience

Experience interfacing with all levels of customer management

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.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we're engineering a better tomorrow.

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.

Job Location(s): Palmdale California

Security Clearance :

TS/SCI w/Poly

Business Unit :

ESS0343 AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Job Class :

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category :

Experienced Professional

City :

Palmdale

State :

CA

Virtual :

No

Relocation Available :

Yes

Work Schedule :

FLEX9x80A-Friday off in 2nd week w/flex hrs/day

Req Type :

Full-Time

Shift :

First

Additional Posting Locations :

Palmdale