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Standard Job Description This position is for a Chief Engineering Senior Manager for the role associated with PAC-3 hardware evolutionary development across missile, launcher, and canister subsystems. This includes development, integration, qualification, testing, producibility, and transition to production of the obsolete parts as well as the Multi-Year Procurement (MYP) efforts to increase yearly MSE missile production rates. The successful candidate will report to the Lower Tier IAMD Chief Engineer Director programmatically and be expected to lead the PAC-3 Hardware Chief Engineering and technical teams as well as work closely with the other members of the LTIAMD Chief Engineer staff to ensure synergy across tasks and to communicate lessons learned. As the PAC-3 Ev Dev Hardware Chief Engineer, you will be responsible for: • Leading technical efforts while ensuring accelerated execution of subsystem design, producibility improvements, qualification, and transition to production to increase production rates of PAC-3 missiles per year • Leading successful demonstration of program development and customer milestones to include program technical reviews, system analyses, electrical and mechanical hardware design, integration/test, design verification testing, qualification, flight testing, and Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) • Actively manage obsolescence of parts, components, and materials used in the manufacture and maintenance support of the PAC-3 Missile Segment • Developing and nurturing a productive partnership with the USG customer • Guiding other PAC-3 Hardware Chief Engineers, IPT leads, technical leads, and cross-functional teams in program planning, scheduling, trade studies, design concepts, verification, and critical life cycle reviews • Ensuring program staffing is appropriate from an E&T perspective • Collaborating with Engineering Excellence management to ensure program milestones are successfully completed • Supporting and leading program technical reviews and participating in monthly E&T meetings, staff meetings, and other critical program activities • Communicating lessons learned and ensuring synergy across tasks with the entire Chief Engineer staff Accountable for all aspects of engineering and technology activities within a program, program area, or line of business to ensure mission milestones and business objectives are met. Serves as the primary technical authority / technical interface with internal program management and external customers. Ensures proposals have sound technical solutions and schedules and drive affordability. Leads a technical team of cross functional engineers to ensure successful proper system/product development and execution. Evaluates and ensures complex issues are resolved in a cost effective, innovative way. Champion mission success and drive a mission success culture. Directs a team into exploration of new problem solution areas with novel concepts and approaches, guiding scope definition and prioritizing problems for investigation. Determine appropriate risk posture and develop mitigation strategies for complex projects. Ensure selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability. Ensures program plans and technical baselines are consistent with Program Control processes and Modern Engineering Practices. Responsible for key decision making that impact businesses, the failure to achieve the objectives result in critical impact of program capabilities. Ensures identification of lessons learned, and corrective action are initiated and implemented to improve future and ongoing programs. Provides technical mentoring and career development support of team and allocates resources effectively. Leads and directs the technical execution efforts of the program or LOB. Basic Qualifications • Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, with existing professional experience • Experience and demonstrated skillset with requirements, development, integration/test, production, and qualification activities • Familiarity and knowledge of Air & Missile Defense systems, and interceptors is strongly desired • Familiarity with PAC-3 Systems Engineering, and PAC-3 Hardware Release processes is strongly desired • Candidate will be required to communicate technical status and issues internally to program leadership, technical leadership and functional leadership as well as externally to the USG customer • Must be available for occasional domestic travel • Candidate must have a Secret clearance Desired Skills • An advanced degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is desired • Prior experience at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is highly desired • Working knowledge of dealing with subcontractors and subcontract technical management is a plus • Candidate should have wide experience/familiarity in collaborating with the Engineering & Technology functional organization • Ability to interface with the USG Customer office and global supply base • Ability to support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations • Experience in leading Failure Analysis and Failure Review Boards Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $182500.00 - $338900.00 At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally. The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability. • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics. • For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

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As the PAC-3 Ev Dev Hardware Chief Engineer, you will be responsible for:
Leading technical efforts while ensuring accelerated execution of subsystem design, producibility improvements, qualification, and transition to production to increase production rates of PAC-3 missiles per year
Actively manage obsolescence of parts, components, and materials used in the manufacture and maintenance support of the PAC-3 Missile Segment
Developing and nurturing a productive partnership with the USG customer
Guiding other PAC-3 Hardware Chief Engineers, IPT leads, technical leads, and cross-functional teams in program planning, scheduling, trade studies, design concepts, verification, and critical life cycle reviews
Ensuring program staffing is appropriate from an E&T perspective
Collaborating with Engineering Excellence management to ensure program milestones are successfully completed
Supporting and leading program technical reviews and participating in monthly E&T meetings, staff meetings, and other critical program activities
Communicating lessons learned and ensuring synergy across tasks with the entire Chief Engineer staff
Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, with existing professional experience
Experience and demonstrated skillset with requirements, development, integration/test, production, and qualification activities
Familiarity and knowledge of Air & Missile Defense systems, and interceptors is strongly desired
Familiarity with PAC-3 Systems Engineering, and PAC-3 Hardware Release processes is strongly desired
Candidate will be required to communicate technical status and issues internally to program leadership, technical leadership and functional leadership as well as externally to the USG customer
Must be available for occasional domestic travel

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An advanced degree in engineering from an accredited college or university is desired
Prior experience at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is highly desired
Working knowledge of dealing with subcontractors and subcontract technical management is a plus
Candidate should have wide experience/familiarity in collaborating with the Engineering & Technology functional organization
Ability to interface with the USG Customer office and global supply base
Ability to support technical reviews internally, with the customer, and external stakeholders, and at supplier locations
Experience in leading Failure Analysis and Failure Review Boards
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