Job DescriptionThe BAE Systems F-35 Lightning II program has an exciting opportunity for an F-35 Fleet Tracking engineer responsible for the delivery of quarterly Individual Aircraft Tracking and Loads/Environment Spectra Survey reports. Our work is critical to the continued success of the F-35 program and is highly visible to our Lockheed Martin partners and military operators.
The US Structures and Prognostics Health Management (SPHM) team is comprised of over fifteen engineers with diverse technical backgrounds directly interfacing with our UK-based counterparts as well as our Lockheed Martin customer. The successful candidate will take ownership of various data analysis, reporting, and development activities to facilitate the creation of quarterly reports of the F-35 fleet to ensure that data is accurately consumed, processed, and aggregated for reporting purposes.
A collaborative, flexible, and critical mind, along with exceptional communication skills are essential elements for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Each quarter:
- One month is spent gathering, analyzing data, and producing a report
- Two months are spent working on improving our automation and reporting tools
- Produce quarterly reports via various automation tools and Microsoft Office with high level of attention to detail
- Develop automation tools to aid in the creation of quarterly reports
- Assist in transition/development of tools from older software to new python based software
- Gain a complete understanding of internal processes, tools, and standards
- Understand, manipulate, and summarize large amounts of F-35 structures data
- Develop solutions to identify trends and data anomalies with the aid of senior teammates
- Communicate issues and concerns to team leadership in a clear and concise manner
- Prioritize assigned tasks in order to accomplish the required objectives
- Work independently and take responsibility for the quality of work output
- Conduct peer review of reporting deliverables to ensure the highest quality product
- Flexibly respond to ad-hoc customer data requests
- Provide independent recommendations for task expansion, increased efficiency, and performance improvement
Required Skills and Education- Bachelors Degree or equivalent
- Aerospace preferred with experience in structures
- Experience with Python development
- Experience with an Agile development methodology
- Experience with Atlassian or equivalent
- Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools
- Excel
- Pivot tables & lookups
- Macros (VBA)
- Demonstrable experience in manipulating and summarizing data at scale
- Experience with relational databases & SQL
- Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship status.
Preferred Skills and Education- Experience in effectively working independently while in a remote environment
- Experience with Linux command line
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
