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Lockheed Martin Hardware / Software Engineer Senior Staff - Avionics Test Stands in Hill Air Force Base, Utah

Description: Our products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world. Highly trained and specialized personnel and facilities are key to the company's unrivaled success in the aeronautics industry. Our workforce of more than 30,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.

Join our Aeronautics team to assist the Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC) with the hardware/software development and maintenance for F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP) Common Modular Environment (COMET) avionics Integrated Test Stands (ITS) and OFP testing software tools in the Avionics Integration Support Facility (AISF) at Hill AFB, Utah. The selected candidate will design, develop, document, test, debug, and maintain software used to test OFPs on ITS and in a virtual environment.

Design new F-16 software test stands and provide engineering oversight for change activities on existing test stands in the Avionics Integration Support Facility at Hill AFB, Utah. Design and document low productions F-16 avionics holding fixtures, operator consoles and electronic equipment racks utilizing SolidWorks and Cadra CAD software products. Provide engineering oversight, coordinate and assist local contractors and shops with the machining, wiring and forming of designed parts. Coordinate with the COMET technical staff during fabrication, wiring and modification of new and existing software test stand equipment. Take responsibility for maintaining configuration control of all test stand design documentation and parts. Research the impact of planned F16 aircraft modification programs on the software test stand configurations using tools such as LM Aero’s engineering drawing databases. Work with government personnel as required to aid in fabrication and modification of software test stations. This requires a working knowledge of general drafting practices and the ability to interpret engineering design drawings. Knowledge of good configuration management processes and experience with F16 avionics/test stations is desired. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Must have at least an Interim Secret Security Clearance. Must be able to obtain a Final Secret Security Clearance. Must be a US Citizen.

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

• 401k

• Paid time off

• Work/life balance

• Career development

• Mentorship opportunities

• Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Basic Qualifications:

The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college with 8 years professional experience

• Experience with schematics and electrical and mechanical drawings. Experience with general drafting practices and interpreting engineering design drawings.

• Experience with Operating Systems such as Sun Solaris, Linux, VxWorks (VxSim), or Windows.

• Experience with MIL-STD-1553 Multiplex bus protocol.

Desired Skills:

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the others:

• COMET Automated Test Language (ATL), COMET Configuration Management (CM), and Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) Chapter-10 Data Recording Standard. F-16 aircraft systems / subsystems, SolidWorks or CADRA.

• F-16 aircraft avionics/test stations familiarity.

• Experience with the 194 bus protocol.

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: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

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: 9x80 every other Friday off

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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: Hardware Engineering

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First

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