Chief Engineer Director
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 3, 2026. Lockheed Martin scores A on the Alion truth index.
Standard Job Description
What is the mission?
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more- we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
What does this role look like?
National Security Space (NSS) LOB Chief Engineer Director leads engineering excellence across NSS Programs, accountable for Engineering and Technology (E&T) via Program Chief Engineers (CEs) and NSS Chief SW Engineer. Shapes technical strategy with senior leadership for on-time, affordable missions. Oversees >$6B/year program scope and >$100M/yr IRAD/B&P, ensuring risk-balanced solutions. Serves as technical authority engaging senior customers. Develops CE talent pipeline, resolves technical issues via E&T, and feeds lessons into Space Corrective Action Board (CAB). Requires proven delivery on technical/schedule/financial commitments and next-generation leadership skills.
This role will offer you the following daily challenges:
Accountable for all aspects of engineering and technology activities within a program, program area, or line of business to ensure mission milestones and business objectives are met. Serves as the primary technical authority / technical interface with internal program management and external customers. Ensures proposals have sound technical solutions and schedules and drive affordability. Leads a technical team of cross functional engineers to ensure successful proper system/product development and execution. Evaluates and ensures complex issues are resolved in a cost effective, innovative way. Champion mission success and drive a mission success culture. Directs a team into exploration of new problem solution areas with novel concepts and approaches, guiding scope definition and prioritizing problems for investigation. Determine appropriate risk posture and develop mitigation strategies for complex projects. Ensure selected designs are robust and include appropriate margins to facilitate safety, performance, producibility and operational availability/supportability. Ensures program plans and technical baselines are consistent with Program Control processes and Modern Engineering Practices. Responsible for key decision making that impact businesses, the failure to achieve the objectives result in critical impact of program capabilities. Ensures identification of lessons learned, and corrective action are initiated and implemented to improve future and ongoing programs. Provides technical mentoring and career development support of team and allocates resources effectively. Leads and directs the technical execution efforts of the program or LOB.
Basic Qualifications
To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:
- Minimum 15 years of technical and leadership experience with demonstrated expertise in systems integration, desired prior role as Chief Engineer, Chief System Engineer, or System Engineering Director.
- Must have experience leading cross-functional teams who lead the design, development, sustainment and evolution of technical products.
- Must demonstrate full spectrum leadership skills and behaviors and proven experience leading a cross-functional team of employees.
- Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues/challenges.
- Experience managing and delivering technical, cost and schedule requirements for a product or program.
- Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent.
- Experience working in a functional management organization construct
- You will need to be a US Citizen, and currently possess and be able to maintain a US TOP SECRET / SCI clearance,to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Desired Skills
To be effective, ideally, you should also have:
- Program Management Experience
- Experience applying modern digital practices to creating technical solutions across all engineering domains (mechanical, electrical, systems) and stages of the life cycle (requirements, design, manufacturing and test)
- Must be an excellent communicator, with experience presenting to executive leadership and external customers.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $195000.00 - $350000.00
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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.