Project Engineer – Modeling & Simulation

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For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic deterrence. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth, and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.
In acknowledgement of the significant growth and expansion that the FBM Program is experiencing – a new FBM Program Integration Directorate has been created. This new directorate is responsible for integrating and aligning all efforts, priorities, resources, and engagements across all FBM subordinate programs. The FBM Program Integration Directorate consists of 4 main pillars: Strategic Partnerships; Strategic Planning; Operational Resilience and Integration; Capability Development and Integration. This job posting will be part of the Operational Resilience and Integration team. The Operational Resilience and Integration team’s vision is to coordinate synchronized operational lifecycles and drive sustained program resilience. We de-risk the program by establishing operational consistency, anticipating emerging challenges, and mitigating threats ensuring the FBM Program remains resilient and ahead of ready.
As a member of the award-winning FBM Age Management team in the FBM Program Integration directorate, you’ll work on the team responsible for leading the FBM Age Management program dedicated to assessing the Trident II (D5) Flight System throughout its Lifecycle, based on calendar life degradation and functional operation from initial manufacture to removal from service. We are responsible for the engineering evaluations of age risks on the flight system assemblies, modeling technical & program risks, statistical assessments, and creating digital threads that integrate into a digital twin of the Flight System.

Key responsibilities and elements of this role will include:
• Coding and managing models & simulations that serve as Digital Twin representations of flight system hardware at various levels (System, Component, Subcomponent, Material, etc.)
• Perform Modeling & Simulation of various aging & lifecycle analyses, and synthesizing that data to drive program decision-making processes
• Improvements and maintenance of various existing models & simulations
• Technical integration across multiple cross-functional teams (engineering, production, operations, etc.)
• Completing scope that is critical to meet major project & program planning factors, milestones, and contractual deliverables
• Documentation of analyses’ results and tools/models assumptions
• Presentations, statuses, and interfaces to both internal LM stakeholders, as well as Navy SSP Leadership
• This team is agile, innovative, and adaptable – we are looking for someone that shares those attributes and is excited about the mission we serve!
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or equivalent experience/combined education
• Demonstrated experience utilizing MATLAB for engineering analyses, process modeling, and/or simulations
• Basic knowledge & understanding of engineering systems, across electrical and mechanical assemblies
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance, thus requiring US Citizenship
Desired Skills:
• A Major or Minor in Computer Science/Software Engineering
• Strong MATLAB skills, developed and applied in both academic and professional projects
• Strong experience working in other programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, R, etc.)
• Experience, understanding, and application of data visualization, modeling, probabilistic & statistical assessments, and information systems (e.g., Tableau, etc.)
• Experience integrating with cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, etc.)
• Familiarity with and knowledge of the FBM program and processes
• Demonstrated ability of working on a team
• Basic experience of project and/or process management skills
• Basic presentation, oral and written skills to facilitate effective and efficient technical and business interchanges with management and customers
• Organization and prioritization skills, including the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple competing priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills to build & maintain long-lasting relationship
• Active TOP SECRET security clearance
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top 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: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
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: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $70,100 - $123,625. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
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.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Software Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First