Avionics Project Engineer, Staff

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What is the mission?

For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navys mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure.

The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

Learn about the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile.

As a part of the FBM team, we can build, replenish, & modernize this crucial national asset with todays tools & technology to benefit the world, the nation, our states, and our communities!

What does this role look like?

As an Avionics Project Engineer , you will:

Perform Control Account Management (CAM) support and deputy Integrated Product Team (IPT) duties, including Earned Value Management (EVM).
Support the Program Office integration activities.
Ensure that projects are completed on schedule following established procedures, schedules, and work plans.
Coordinate the planning, organizing, control, integration, and completion of Engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility.
Ensure Engineering is coordinated across Program and suppliers.

This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility one of the Coolest places to work: Denver, Colorado , and be expected to work in the office. To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college.
6+ years of professional experience.
CAM and EVM experience.
You will need to be a US Citizen, and currently possess and be able to maintain a US DoD TOP SECRET clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

Missile or space segment design and test experience with one or more subsystems or fields outside of Systems Engineering
Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker; selects and applies appropriate systems thinking skills to solve very sophisticated problems and implement constructive change
Demonstrated ability to work with technical leads to manage cost, schedule, and technical scope
Experience using JIRA or Version 1 or similar tools for project planning and tracking
Experience throughout the engineering lifecycle (system definition, design, build, test, and operational deployment)
Experience in Business Rhythm creation and management experience
Excellent organizational skills.
Demonstrated exceptional strategic communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, suppliers, and stakeholders, as well as program executives, with an ability to persuade and motivate action.

PLEASE NOTE-Other important information:

By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, 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.
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Benefits of Employment:

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.

Learn more about Lockheed Martins competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.

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