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F-35 Aircraft Field Support Engineer Staff (Florennes, Belgium)

Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina

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Job ID: 680218BR Date posted: Nov. 05, 2024 Program: F-35
Description:Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company as an Aircraft Field Service Engineer (FSE) on our Aeronautics Field Sustainment team! This position will support the Belgium Air Component at Florennes Air Base.

As a Nose to Tail (NTT) FSE, the preferred candidate will be a subject Matter Expert(SME) in APG/Vehicle Systems (VS). It is desired 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.

The 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 and modification activities for all matters dealing with the F-35 aircraft.

Responsibilities include:
•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 the Continental United States (CONUS), Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) and hazardous duty locations. Long term deployments may be required. US Department of Defense (DoD) mandated vaccinations may be required.

• Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program Access. Must possess an active Secret Security Clearance with an investigation/CV date within 5 years. Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that will require special access.

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Basic Qualifications:
The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

* Combination of 6 years experience on 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft (F-22 or F-35) with experience troubleshooting Vehicle Systems (VS\\APG) and/or Mission Systems (MS/Avionics)

* Final Transferable Secret Security Clearance
Desired Skills:
The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:

* 3 years of experience with Avionics/Mission Systems (MS)

* Previous Field Service Engineer (FSE) experience highly desired.

* Experience communicating to Military leadership teams and Senior Leaders

* Fault isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub-system level.

* Technical report writing skills

* Experience with technical drawings/schematics reading and interpretation.

* Experience with engineering tools to include, but not limited to FSE Vision, PDM, VAS, JEDI, JARVIS, and CRE.

* Knowledge of CATIA and System/Software Engineering Environment (S/SEE)

* Experience partnering with military operational units
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
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: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
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: Non- standard 40 hour work week as assigned by leader
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.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Yes
Career Area: Product Support
Type: Full-Time
Shift: Multiple shifts available
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