Job Description

WHAT WE'RE DOING
The U-2S aircraft provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or night, in direct support of U.S. and allied forces. It delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence to decision makers throughout all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and warnings, low-intensity conflict, and large-scale hostilities. Lockheed Martin (LM) provides the engineering disciplines to continually improve the avionics and ISR systems employed on the U-2S. The Aero Palmdale, Aero Fort Worth and RMS Valley Forge sites are actively involved in supporting upgrades to the U-2 platform capabilities.

THE WORK
This opening is for the engineering program manager (EPM) position on the Datalinks program and a career-building opportunity to interact on a daily basis with the Program Manager, program engineering team, customers, operational community team members, business development and LM RMS Engineering and Technology (E&T) Senior Managers and Leaders.

Responsibilities for program technical execution will include:
• Engineering technical, cost, and schedule performance and cost estimation
• Providing timely and accurate projections of engineering resource requirements, to include Program technical staffing needs
• Software/System Engineering efforts related to program execution and proposals
• Ensures requirements and system design baseline are tracked, maintained, and verified
• Works with PM to ensure organizational standard processes are adapted, approved, and followed
• Leverages proven processes, lessons learned, and best practices from other parts of business or industry
• In concert with the Line of Business (LOB) and/or Market Segment Chief Engineer, ensures program plans and technical baselines are consistent with Program Control processes and Modern Engineering Practices to include 1LMX/DX

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college, with 10 years or more of professional experience, 8 years of professional experience with a Masters degree, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Broad background in all lifecycle phases of software/systems engineering along with engineering leadership experience
• Strong risk management experience and expertise, including identification, mitigation and abatement planning, execution, and tracking
• Strong cost account, earned value management (EVM), cost estimating, and Basis of Estimate (BOE) creation experience (EVM)
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal, team-building skills, strong work ethic and self-motivation
• Strong customer focus with a proven record of outstanding customer satisfaction
• Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance. Obtaining a clearance requires US citizenship.
• Candidate will be based in Valley Forge, PA

Desired skills
• Candidate preferred to have an existing active TS clearance to start
• Experience with Independent Research and Development (IRAD) and Capital execution, planning, and spending
• Operational experience with Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC)
• Experience and familiarity with Datalinks customer, operational community, and program stakeholders
• Knowledge of emerging software/system engineering practices (e.g., software factory and experience in adopting and implementing key practices)
• Ability to direct and oversee engineers supporting multiple semi-unrelated projects in several technical disciplines
• Experience with Link-16/Tactical Data Link
• UI/UX design experience
• Pilot/user interface design experience
• Experience with operational equipment testing
• Demonstrated experience in driving data informed change in support of improving affordability and quality

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 Schedule Information

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.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $128,400 - $226,435. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $147,700 - $255,990. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.