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Description:

You will be the JASSM D Aircraft Integration & Flight Test Lead, reporting to the JASSM I&T Lead\. Your team will plan, schedule, prepare, and execute aircraft integration and flight test activities, ensuring the JASSM D missile meets all performance, safety, and certification requirements\. You’ll work closely with the program office, Integrated Product Teams \(IPTs\), and test ranges to deliver successful flight test campaigns\.

What You Will Be Doing

As the technical overseer of JASSM D flight testing, you will guide the end to end test effort—from pre flight reviews through full mission flight trials—while coordinating cross functional stakeholders and maintaining rigorous safety and security standards\.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the planning and execution of all aircraft integration and flight test tasks\.

• Conduct and chair pre flight reviews \(PSRR, MSR, TRR\) and ensure review deliverables are complete\.

• Manage System Integration Level \(SIL\) testing and Flight Termination System \(FTS\) certification testing\.

• Supervise pre flight ground testing, captive carry trials, and full mission flight tests\.

• Develop and maintain test schedules, risk registers, and status reports for program leadership\.

• Interface daily with IPT leads, test range personnel, and external suppliers to resolve integration issues\.

• Provide technical troubleshooting for hardware/software subsystems and test instrumentation kits \(TIK\)\.

• Ensure compliance with classified hardware handling, software loading, and overall information security policies\.

• Mentor and coordinate the test team, fostering a collaborative, safety first culture\.

• Travel as required to test ranges, supplier sites, and off shift activities\.

Why Join Us

• Impactful mission work: Your leadership will directly enable the JASSM D missile to achieve operational readiness and national defense objectives\.

• Cutting edge environment: Work with advanced missile avionics, flight termination technology, and state of the art test ranges\.

• Leadership platform: Shape a high performing test team, influence program decisions, and interact with senior government and industry stakeholders\.

• Career growth: Gain deep experience in missile flight test planning, certification, and systems integration—skills highly valued across the aerospace and defense sectors\.

• Supportive culture: Lockheed Martin offers competitive benefits, a collaborative work style, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion\.

Must be willing to work overtime \(as\-needed\), support off shifts/weekends as needed, and travel occasionally to support test activities or supplier sites\.

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Further Information About This Opportunity:

This position is in Orlando\. Discover more about our Orlando, Florida location\.

MUST BE A U\.S\. CITIZEN \- This position is located at a facility that requires special access\. The selected candidate must have the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance\. A Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years is required to start\.

Basic Qualifications:

•  5 \+ years of professional experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field\.

• Demonstrated missile flight test planning and execution

• Experience with missile launch sequence and control operations

•  Basic understanding of both hardware and software concepts, with hands on experience in hardware software integration and subsystem HW/SW testing\.

•  Demonstrated skills in diagnosing problems and coordinating other stakeholders

•  Active DoD Secret clearance \(investigation ≤ 5 years\)\.

Desired Skills:

•  Understanding of classified hardware and software protection, software loading requirements, and overall information security best practices\.

•  Excellent technical writing, planning, and verbal communication abilities; strong interpersonal skills for effective interaction with internal teams, government customers, and other stakeholders\.

• Hands on experience with Flight Termination Systems \(FTS\) and Test Instrumentation Kits \(TIK\)\.

• Team oriented work style – Proven ability to lead and work well in a collaborative, fast paced environment and to build solid relationships with teammates, IPT leads and leadership\.

• Familiarity with MIL STD 1553 interface, Universal Armament Interface \(UAI\), and Missile OFP development\.

• Control room experience reviewing real time telemetry \(TM\) during flight tests\.

• Subsystem HW/SW integration and qualification testing expertise\.

• Proven ability to interface effectively with software engineers, designers, production personnel, and suppliers\.

• Demonstrated skill in troubleshooting problems and coordinating integration participants to maximize I&T program efficiency\.

• Test equipment management experience, covering functional verification, calibration, and security requirements\.

• Ability to ensure test data are accurately recorded, cataloged, and maintained for audit and analysis\.

•  Experience managing test equipment, including functional verification, calibration, and security compliance

•  Debugging experience using telemetry, data collection tools, and data reduction techniques\.

**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:** 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

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\.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges\. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work\.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility\. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work\. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility\.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role\. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications\.

**Experience Level:** Experienced Professional

**Business Unit:** MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL

**Relocation Available:** Possible

**Career Area:** Systems Engineering: Assembly/Integration and Test

**Type:** Full\-Time

**Shift:** First