Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer - Level 4

Job Description

We are Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, home of the world-renowned Skunk Works®, turns visionary aircraft into reality and is known for building the finest military aircraft in the world.

This recognition is continually earned through our commitment to relentless research and development of high-performance aircraft, continuously seeking innovative, low-cost design and manufacturing strategies, and delivering operational readiness for our customers' missions to ensure continued relevancy for the life cycle of our products.

Join us as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer (Level 4). In this role, you’ll develop flight test instrumentation supporting the world’s premier aircraft. A successful FTI engineer :

• Works independently or leads a team to execute project, schedule, and technical requirements to meet the goals of the test program.
• Is responsible for specification, selection, design, integration, operation and maintenance of airborne data acquisition systems, and their related components.

This includes telemetry, flight test specific hardware, or prototypes for flight test evaluation.

• Oversees installation, checkout, and calibration of data systems, to ensure collected data can be properly displayed, processed, and analyzed.
• Maintains configuration control, and mission capability of the instrumentation system as well as all associated ground support equipment.
• Supports preflight, post-flight, and control room activities for all scheduled missions.
• Interfaces with test ops, maintenance, management, and customers to ensure all instrumentation requirements are coordinated and accounted for.

A level 4 employee typically has 9-15 years of professional experience.

Some shift, extended hours, weekend work and travel may be required.

Must be a US Citizen and no dual citizenship will be considered. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

What’s In It For You

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy :

• Medical
• Dental
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Work / life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities, and
• Rewards & recognition.

REF : Engineering, Aeronautics, aeroTE, aeroFTI

Desired skills

• ABET-accredited bachelor’s with a technical master’s degree
• Specific experience in flight test instrumentation and developing data acquisition systems for air vehicles including Curtiss-Wright or Safran equipment
• Analog and digital circuit design and analysis
• Proficient in troubleshooting techniques and tools, including multi-meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and other common laboratory equipment
• Background in related specialties : signal conditioning, transducers, data acquisition, video protocols and compression, GPS, IRIG 106, and avionics bus protocols such as MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429, IEEE 1394, Ethernet, and Fiber Channel
• Proven abilities to define and select equipment to support engineering build requirements
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings & process specifications, CATIA familiarity
27 days ago