Job Requirements
Palmdale, CA
Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$113,900 - $200,905
Job Description
Job Number 731013BR
Description:Seventy years on-and more relevant today than ever-the Skunk Works® continues to drive innovation on the U-2, the nation's premier high-altitude, multi-intelligence, all-weather ISR platform. We are seeking a seasoned Project Engineer and developing Program Manager to support a portfolio of Modernization, Improvement, and Derivative Programs.
This role is responsible for the program management and technical execution of assigned projects, spanning both contracted task orders and internal R&D efforts. The selected candidate will lead cross-functional teams to deliver program objectives while ensuring cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Key Responsibilities:
Define and communicate program requirements to functional support teams.
Lead cross-functional teams to achieve program objectives across engineering, manufacturing, and administrative disciplines.
Develop, implement, track, and report project execution plans, performance metrics, and status.
Identify, manage, and mitigate program risks and opportunities; define and implement corrective actions as required.
Maintain responsibility for cost, schedule, and technical performance for assigned programs or subsystems.
Direct all phases of programs from inception through completion.
Support contract negotiations and contract changes.
Coordinate the preparation of proposals, business plans, statements of work, specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms and conditions.
Serve as the primary customer point of contact, leading program reviews to communicate cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules.
Identify program challenges and drive solutions, including resource allocation and contractual adjustments.
Direct and coordinate the work of assigned personnel across technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.
Ability to travel ~ 1 week per month
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree or higher, or equivalent experience / combined education
• Team leadership skills
• Experience communicating across functional teams
• Experience leading budget and P&L
• Active Secret Clearance
Desired Skills:
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 7 years of professional experience; or 5 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• Experience with APTS
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to critically think and drive creative solutions to complex problems
• Must model personal excellence, integrity, and accountability
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to wide range of audiences
• Advocate and change agent for the Aero Operating Model
• Highly organized, efficient, action/detail- oriented with proven ability to deliver results and remove obstacles.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize according to the needs of the program under shortened time constraints, as well as, managing multiple competing priorities.
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
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $113,900 - $200,905. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $131,000 - $227,125. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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: Program Management
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
Description:Seventy years on-and more relevant today than ever-the Skunk Works® continues to drive innovation on the U-2, the nation's premier high-altitude, multi-intelligence, all-weather ISR platform. We are seeking a seasoned Project Engineer and developing Program Manager to support a portfolio of Modernization, Improvement, and Derivative Programs.
This role is responsible for the program management and technical execution of assigned projects, spanning both contracted task orders and internal R&D efforts. The selected candidate will lead cross-functional teams to deliver program objectives while ensuring cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Key Responsibilities:
Define and communicate program requirements to functional support teams.
Lead cross-functional teams to achieve program objectives across engineering, manufacturing, and administrative disciplines.
Develop, implement, track, and report project execution plans, performance metrics, and status.
Identify, manage, and mitigate program risks and opportunities; define and implement corrective actions as required.
Maintain responsibility for cost, schedule, and technical performance for assigned programs or subsystems.
Direct all phases of programs from inception through completion.
Support contract negotiations and contract changes.
Coordinate the preparation of proposals, business plans, statements of work, specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms and conditions.
Serve as the primary customer point of contact, leading program reviews to communicate cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules.
Identify program challenges and drive solutions, including resource allocation and contractual adjustments.
Direct and coordinate the work of assigned personnel across technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.
Ability to travel ~ 1 week per month
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree or higher, or equivalent experience / combined education
• Team leadership skills
• Experience communicating across functional teams
• Experience leading budget and P&L
• Active Secret Clearance
Desired Skills:
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 7 years of professional experience; or 5 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• Experience with APTS
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to critically think and drive creative solutions to complex problems
• Must model personal excellence, integrity, and accountability
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to wide range of audiences
• Advocate and change agent for the Aero Operating Model
• Highly organized, efficient, action/detail- oriented with proven ability to deliver results and remove obstacles.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize according to the needs of the program under shortened time constraints, as well as, managing multiple competing priorities.
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
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $113,900 - $200,905. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $131,000 - $227,125. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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: Program Management
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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