Aircraft Field Service Engineer (Level 4) - Amendola, Italy

$105,000 - $197,800/Yr

Lockheed Martin - Greenville, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

Greenville, SC

10,001+ employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Aircraft Field Service Engineer (Level 4) position at Lockheed Martin involves providing technical support and expertise for the F-35 aircraft at Amendola Air Base, Italy. The role requires a highly skilled individual to act as a liaison between the company and the customer, addressing maintenance and modification issues, and ensuring operational efficiency. The engineer will be responsible for troubleshooting, training customer personnel, and documenting operational problems, while also supporting the site with aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations.

Responsibilities

• Aclish troubleshooting and analysis of difficulties experienced in the field.
• Attend debriefings to aid in the rapid identification of emerging issues that require intervention to avoid aircraft downtime.
• Document all unusual operational/maintenance problems to ensure the company is apprised of and can identify emerging failure trends.
• Initiate Action Requests (ARs) for unique operational problems that require technical, procedural, or quality assurance actions to resolve.
• Provide on-site assistance to company and Customer personnel initiating ARs.
• Provide training to Customer personnel.
• Work and communicate well both orally and written in a team environment with customer personnel at all levels.
• Provide support for the assigned site on aircraft ground maintenance and operational limitations.
• Direct on-site support as requested by customer, site manager, or program management.
• Lead and track multiple engineering tasks and provide periodic status to Customer and Program Management.
• Willingness to travel and deploy with Customer personnel to worldwide and hazardous duty locations.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft experience (F-22 or F-35) with Avionics/Mission Systems (MS), Vehicle System/APG (VS), or Supportable Low Observable (SLO)/structures.
• Final Transferable Secret Security Clearance.
• United States citizenship is required.
• Must possess an active Secret Security Clearance.
• Requires a US Passport.

Nice-to-haves

• Field Service FSE/REP experience highly desirable.
• Well-versed in troubleshooting Vehicle Systems (APG), Mission Systems/Avionics (MS), and Supportable Low Observable (SLO)/structures.
• Technical report writing skills.
• Experience with drawing/schematics reading and interpretation.
• Fault Isolation and problem analysis experience at the sub-system level.
• Airframe & Power plant (A&P) license.
• Experience with engineering tools including FSE Vision/VAST, PDM, VAS, JEDI, JARVIS, and CRE.
• Knowledge of CATIA & System/Software Engineering Environment (S/SEE).

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition