Job Description
Job Title:  Project Engineer Sr Stf - E5
Posting Start Date:  10/20/26

Standard Job Description

You will be a Project Engineer in the F-35 Line of Business Engineering (LOBe) team within Engineering and Technology (E&T) supporting the Development Ground Systems team.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Project Engineer – you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a thorough and detailed understanding of the technical scope, cost, and schedule, collaborating with the Program Management (PM) office, and driving the Domain Excellence (DEx) team performance. You will collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders to protect program spend and drive value‑focused outcomes.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Understanding and communicating how the technical scope of the contract aligns with the overall program objectives and strategy
  • Effectively communicating technical issues to various levels of management while coordinating resolution in parallel through development of closure plans
  • Identifying cross-contract gaps and providing recommendation of resolution
  • Identifying risks and opportunities and drive the closure plans through technical leadership
  • CAM (Control Account Management) of team's scope.
  • Performing EV analysis at the contract level and understand impacts to overall engineering
  • Coordinate with Data Management and technical teams to manage and track CDRL (Contract Deliverable Requirements List) deliveries
  • Track all software and hardware deliveries to support updates and operations of each reprogramming lab

 

Coordinates planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates engineering program; reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. Evaluates and approves design changes, specification and drawing releases. Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.

Basic Qualifications

  • BS in Engineering or alternate STEM major with technical experience
  • Project Engineering / Project Management / Technical experience
  • EVMS (Earned Value Management System) and/ or CAM (Control Account Management) experience

Desired Skills

  • Experience in F-35 reprogramming labs
  • Experience in F-35 software development processes
  • Experience working with the change request process
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $129000.00 - $239600.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.  

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
  • For (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.