Lockheed Martin

Sustainment Engineer Sr.

Lockheed Martin$77K — $136K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience
  • 4 years of professional experience
  • Experience in Maintenance Task Analysis
  • Strong communication skills in writing and speaking
  • Ability to work collaboratively in teams

Responsibilities

  • Develop Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) data for LEED systems
  • Specify support equipment for safe transport and maintenance
  • Conduct maintainability assessments for efficient service and repairs
  • Collaborate with engineering and logistics for supportability in design
  • Create depot-level sustainment strategies including repair and maintenance schedules
  • Review technical documentation for program alignment
  • Coordinate with teams to address sustainment and logistics issues

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Education Assistance
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • Opportunities for part-time remote work
Full Job Description
Job Description

You will be the Sustainment / Maintainability Engineer for the Navy LEED Program. Our team creates logistics, maintainability, and sustainment solutions that keep the LEED system transportable, operable, and supportable throughout its entire life cycle.

What You Will Be Doing
As the Sustainment / Maintainability Engineer you will drive the development of Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) data and define the support equipment needed for the LEED system. Working hand in hand with engineering, logistics, program stakeholders, and the customer, you'll embed sustainment planning early in the design process to guarantee long term operational readiness.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Build LSA data sets that capture maintenance, supportability, and sustainment requirements for LEED.
• Identify, size, and specify all support equipment required for safe transport, operation, and maintenance.
• Conduct maintainability assessments to verify the system can be serviced and repaired efficiently in the field.
• Partner with cross functional engineering and logistics groups to weave supportability into design, development, and fielding plans.
• Develop depot level sustainment strategies, including repair concepts, maintenance schedules, and future infrastructure needs.
• Review technical data, system requirements, and support documentation to ensure alignment with program goals.
• Coordinate with internal teams and customer representatives to resolve sustainment, logistics, and maintainability issues.
• Deliver clear technical inputs, status updates, and actionable recommendations on logistics support and depot planning.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that boost lifecycle affordability, operational availability, and mission readiness.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Grand Prairie, TX.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 4 years of professional experience
• Previous experience performing Maintenance Task Analysis
• Ability to write using clear and concise language that adheres to customer-established standards and conventions.
• Possess good computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office software.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Strong technical background
• Ability to quickly learn new software tools and processes
• Must be able to work well in a team environment
• Self-starter capable of performing assigned tasks with very little or no direction; interacts well with others.
• Analytical thinker with a demonstrated ability of solving complex problems which require ingenuity and innovation.
• Ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Experience with developing and delivering presentations to peers, management, and Customer.
• Ability to obtain a Gov't Secret Security Clearance
• Candidate must be willing to work on-site and travel as needed to support job responsibilities

Desired skills
• Experience using Cameo
• Experience planning and/or conducting Maintenance Demonstrations
• Working knowledge of field and depot sustainment and/or repair processes and activities.
• Past military experience

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 $77,700 - $136,965. 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 $89,300 - $154,905. 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.

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services, and Space Systems. Lockheed Martin was formed in 1995 from the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, it completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). In August 2009, it completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the United States military. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, a unit of the Company's Electronic Systems business area, would manage the Gyrocam business.

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