Test Engineer Senior (Level 3)

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**Description:**
You will be the Test Engineer Senior, working as part of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Supplier Quality Management team, to ensure the quality of special processes used by subtier suppliers in the production of hardware for multiple LM Aero programs.
**What You Will Be Doing**
As the Test Engineer Senior, you will be responsible for performing surveillance and risk assessments at multiple special process sources, ensuring long-term defect reduction and elimination, and ensuring subtier compliance to contractual quality requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:
+ Performing surveillance and risk assessments at multiple special process sources to identify potential quality risks and ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
+ Collaborating with executive leadership at supplier sites and at LM Aero to solve technical and contractual issues and ensure execution aligns with quality and affordability goals.
+ Ensuring long-term defect reduction and elimination to continuously reduce the cost of poor quality associated with procured products.
+ Ensuring subtier compliance to contractual quality requirements, as they relate to LM Aero product.
+ Traveling 50%-75% to supplier sites to perform surveillance and risk assessments, and to collaborate with executive leadership.
**What’s In It For You**
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

(https://lmt.co/OneLM-JobDescription-Benefits) Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality?

We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
**Who You Are**
The ideal candidate will be a seasoned test engineer with experience in special processes and supplier quality management.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with executive leadership and subtier suppliers.

You will be a strategic thinker with a focus on ensuring quality and reducing costs.
**Further Information About This Opportunity**
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position requires the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance after start.

The selected candidate will be required to travel 50%-75% to supplier sites.
**Basic Qualifications:**
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college in an Engineering discipline with 5 years of experience, or 7 years of equivalent experience/combined education.
- Special process experience or M&P (Materials and processing) Engineering experience
- Ability to travel 50%-75% of the time.
**Desired Skills:**
- Auditing experience
- Experience managing subtier suppliers
- Ability to work independently
- Experience delivering presentations to leadership and customers
**Security Clearance Statement:** This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
**Clearance Level:** Secret
**Other Important Information You Should Know**
**Expression of Interest:** By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.

Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
**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 Schedules:** 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.
**Schedule for this Position:** 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
**Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.**
**The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.**
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility.

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role.

Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
**Experience Level:** Experienced Professional
**Business Unit:** AERONAUTICS COMPANY
**Relocation Available:** Possible
**Career Area:** QA/Test and Inspection
**Type:** Full-Time
**Shift:** First

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