Standard Job Description

Designs, develops, and tests a variety of power plants, aircraft, missiles, and parts, taking into consideration the most efficient use of the natural laws affecting flight. Establishes structural specifications, performs stress analysis, and conducts performance tests.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a full-time experienced professional Aeronautical Engineer for Mass Properties. In this role, you will provide mass properties technical leadership to a program team, coordinating and managing all mass properties tasking for the team. You will derive program mass properties requirements and allocate them to all applicable design levels to assure program requirements are met. You and your team will develop, track, and report all mass properties for the program, ensuring adherence to performance criteria. You will develop and implement plans to execute mass properties control and management within cost and schedule requirements in accordance with corporate and company policies. Iterate through aircraft mass properties (weight, center-of-gravity, and inertia) analyses and verification as designs mature from early preliminary design through primary sizing, released engineering, and manufactured hardware. Detail analyses are tracked in a mass properties data management system for roll-up into air vehicle status and trend analyses. The successful candidate will have knowledge of multidiscipline engineering principles and how they affect mass properties estimates. Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Aeronautical, Mechanical, or equivalent engineering discipline, equivalent experience and combined education considered
• Minimum of 10 years of mass properties experience

Desired Skills

• Highly motivated individual with the ability to learn continuously and the ability to identify multiple avenues to successfully reach team goals.
• Candidate must work well individually and with team members across multiple organizations.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Microsoft Office Skills including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, CATIA or equivalent, VBA.
• Knowledge of how to calculate mass properties impacts from engineering drawings, changes, and trade studies.
• Knowledge of and experience using industry standard practices for the mass properties discipline
• Operational weight and balance measurement experience and familiarity with DD-365 Forms
• Experience leading a mass properties effort and team, including but not limited to:
  • Data management; Experience managing mass properties in a relational database
  • Managing and developing mass properties metrics and risks
  • Developing and executing Mass Properties Management and Control Plans
  • Task and schedule management for team
  • Developing and delivering technical presentations
  • Training/Mentoring team-members
  • Managing supplier weight margins and growth
  • Tool and Process improvement