Aircraft Field Support Engineer (Misawa Ab), F-35 - Level 3

Job Description

What You Will Be Doing:

Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company as an Aircraft Field Service Engineer (FSE) on our Aeronautics Field Sustainment (AFS) team! This position will support the F-35 Program at our Misawa AB, Japan location. 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 knowledgeable in Avionics/Mission Systems (MS) and Supportable Low Observable (SLO)/Structures, with the skill set to accomplish troubleshooting and analysis of MS, VS, or SLO. The candidate will act as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Field Sustainment (AFS) technical interface to the USAF 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 operation / maintenance

problems to ensure the company is apprised of

and can identify emerging failure trends.

• Initiate Action Requests (ARs). Identify 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 and interact with the maintainer

as well as the professional engineers from other

F-35 companies as a peer.

• Some travel required; candidates must be

willing and able to deploy with customer to

possible hazardous duty locations. Long term

deployments may be required. US Department of Defense (DoD) mandated

vaccinations may be required.

• 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 efforts and provide

periodic status to customer and program

management.

• Selected candidate must be willing and able to

work other shifts as needed.

• Must be able to obtain F-35 Special Program

Access. Must have an active Secret Security

Clearance. Must be a US Citizen. This position is

located at a facility that will require special

access.

What's In It For You:

From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/working-here#benefits>Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Basic Qualifications

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

• Minimum 3 years of aircraft maintenance

professional experience

• APG/Vehicle Systems (VS) experience
• Multi-system aircraft training/experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office software

programs.

• Experience reading engineering drawings,

blueprints and interpret/translate instructions specific maintenance mechanics/technicians

Desired Skills

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

• F-35 APG, Structures/ LO, Avionics experience.
• Previous 5th Gen Field Service Engineer

experience

• Fault Isolation and problem analysis experience

at the sub-system level

• Technical report writing skills
• Experience with drawing/schematics reading

and interpretation

• Experience with Engineering tools to include

but not limited to PDM, VAS, JEDI, JARVIS • Knowledge of CATIA & System/Software

Engineering Environment (S/SEE)

• Airframe & Power plant (A&P) license
• Bachelors Degree in STEM related field

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $72500.00 - $134600.00

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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.