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Our amazing employees are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems.\nDo you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to think big, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.\nJoin our Lockheed Martin team where you will lead an Orion team on the contract that will return humans to the surface of moon and establish a permanent human presence at the moon as a stepping stone to Mars through the Artemis III thru VIII missions.\nAs a Chief Engineer on Orion, you will be leading a team in completing all the in-house hardware builds and material procurement supporting the Artemis III thru Artemis VIII missions. This role will include the following responsibilities:\nServe as primary technical authority / technical interface with internal program management and external customers.\nEnsure proposals have sound technical solutions, schedules, and justification, with appropriate risk management.\nCollaborate across the Lockheed Martin enterprise to define, develop and deliver products with consideration for common products, affordability, and a roadmap for portfolio level success.\nLead technical teams of cross functional engineers to ensure successful product and system development and execution, across the program life cycle.\nEnsure standard technical methods are in use and implement appropriate engineering processes aligned to mission success and the program profile.\nDemonstrate in-depth technical skills and drive a mission success culture.\nManagement and timely resolution of complex issues and the program top technical issues to include assembling teams, providing technical guidance, engaging the enterprise, and communicating with customers.\nProvide timely communications with LM leadership with a focus on placing events and issues in the right broader context (e.g. relative risk, impacts and implications) as the technical execution quality conscious of the program Engineering Practices.\nResponsible 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 implementation of corrective actions to improve future and ongoing programs. Serve as a key point of contact and advocate for the Engineering team with program management, other program segments / IPTs, externalpartners and subcontractors.\n\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelors Degree in Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience\nDemonstrated experience as a technical leader, coordinating across multiple teams\nDemonstrated ability to communicate successfully both written and verbally across all levels of an organization from entry level to executive Vice Presidents\nSignificant experience in a complex engineering role on spacecraft, missile, or related systems\nDetailed knowledge of engineering and program planning throughout development, design, build, test, and integration phases\nUS citizen required to perform this task\nDesired Skills\nStrong mission and end-to-end systems expertise: system, space and ground integration\nExperience with Mission Operations and on- orbit anomaly resolution\nExperience with troubleshooting test failures\nPrior experience as an LM Space Chief Engineer or Delegate\nExperience across multiple life cycle phases including development and into production, test and operations\nPrior experience leading a team thru development and design reviews\nStrong mentoring skills as evidenced through active mentoring relationships\nProven experience as a conceptual thinker with the ability to translate into action and results\nExperience as CPE or RSE and delivering space flight or ground hardware or software\nExperience with human spaceflight requirements, design and operations\nFamiliarity with LM Space Engineering processes and command media\nExperience interfacing and partnering with NASA customer\nDemonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues / challenges\nExperience with internal production operations Material Review Board (MRB) Certification and experience dispositioning non-conformance\nProficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice\nPay Information\nFull-Time Salary Range: $148300.00 - $275500.00\nAt Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally.\nThe 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.\nBenefits 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.\nAnnual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. 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