Vehicle Systems Integration Lead
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. Lockheed Martin scores A on the Alion truth index.
Standard Job Description
The Electromagnetics Hardware Design & Fab team is seeking a vehicle systems integration lead to be deployed to a program under the Advanced Development Program portfolio in LM Aeronautics. The candidate is to provide technical leadership over multidisciplinary engineering functions (electrical wiring, structures, subsystems, RF, flight test instrumentation) as it pertains to hardware development and integration of hardware onto the vehicle. A successful candidate shall have sufficient experience in these different disciplines, at component and integration levels, in order to facilitate and close design trade studies, technical decisions, vehicle modification for flight test, risk mitigation and resolution, and air worthiness. The candidate is expected to work these issues internally, with vendors, and with customers. The lead is the focal for these activities. They are to also oversee project budget and schedule. They are to coordinate tasking between technical contributors. The are expected to support resource planning, customer proposals, and change requests. They maintain a tempo of technical reviews, driving the team towards milestone reviews (TIMs, PDR, CDR), to ultimately be held accountable for hardware delivery and integration.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or related STEM degree
- Working knowledge of CATIA V5, 3DExperience, NX, or similar CAD experience.
- Experience with detail part / assembly design.
- Experience with design/integration of air vehicle platform(s) or aerospace components.
- Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- The candidate should have knowledge in the fields of technical design and fabrication of metallic materials.
- Experience managing various programmatics of projects (schedule, costs, procurement activity)
- Experience with flight vehicle modification and test
- Experience with environmental qualification testing for flight components
- Experience with LO vehicles, treatment application, integration considerations.
Desired Skills
- General knowledge in fundamental EM theories
- Experience with mechanical design of electromagnetic/RF components, electrical packaging, power system layout and a fundamental understanding of EM theories are highly desirable.
- Experience with design for additive manufacturing
- Experience with functional RF/RCS testing, qualification testing, or environmental testing of aerospace components.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $166900.00 - $309900.00
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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.