Chief engineer Jobs in Lubbock tx

Job Description

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Avionics / Software Chief Engineer to support the avionics and software development efforts for all Integrated Fighter Group (IFG) software products, including Air Vehicle, Mission Systems, Ground Systems, partner, and supplier software products to ensure software compliance with established software development processes. The selected candidate will report directly to the F-16 Chief Engineer Senior Manager and will be responsible for advocating and overseeing software process, documentation and product quality and integrity across the software development lifecycle including requirements, design, implementation testing, and fielding activities for complex software systems. The ideal candidate will be an agile leader and innovator in iterative software development and capability delivery.

• Serve as the Software Chief Engineer for F-16 software products for core mission computers and subsystems, leading a team of software engineers in the development and implementation of innovative software solutions
• Serve as the Avionics Chief Engineer for F-16 Avionics subsystem requirements and interface to LM software products
• Ensure that appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development lifecycle and seek opportunities to improve software process and product quality and integrity
• Ensure software products are in compliance with security / export requirements
• Ensure aircraft core software products and avionics subsystems software products are correctly partitioned and take full advantage to avionics subsystem hardware’s capabilities
• Ensure compliance to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics software process Requirements
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance (QA) team to ensure software process compliance across the software development lifecycle
• Communicate effectively with, and exert influence over software teams to drive software quality, safety, security and ensure alignment with overall business objectives
• Provide direct interface with the F-16 SPO engineering team
• Develop and implement innovative strategies and adopt new technologies to improve software development processes
• Oversee the design, development, documentation, testing and fielding of complex software systems
• Review, provide input for, and approve F-16 Software Development Plans and Software Maintenance Plans
• Co-chair F-16 Common Problem Report (CPR) review boards
• Support review and development of F-16 System Engineering Procedures.
• Review and approve F-16 Change Requests and Equipment Operational Flight Certifications (EOFCs)
• Lead Software Product Manager and Software Product Acquisition Manager collaboration
• Ensure that Management Status Reviews (MSRs) are held for all software teams
• Coordinate external agency audits of software processes and products
• Collaborate across Aeronautics seeking opportunities to lead the IFG software engineering alignment with 1LMX

The selected candidate must be a US Citizen and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information (including an investigation within the last 6 years).

The candidate must possess a DoD Top Secret clearance and must be able to obtain a SAP / SAR clearance.

Desired skills