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Flight Test Discipline Engineer - Early Career

Lockheed Martin
Maryland, Patuxent River-MD, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 May 2026
💰 $119,830/yr($60,200/yr$119,830/yr)

About the role

Security Clearance

Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years

Shift

First

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Business Area

Aeronautics Company

Department

6G4FT1:TE FT Discipline Engr

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Yes

Job Code/Title

E1461:Systems Engineer Asc

Job Class

Systems Engineering: Other

Job Category

4 yr and up College

Req Type

Full-Time

Job Description

At Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. This is a place for engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers who are ready to engage deeply, think critically, and build with purpose. You will not just launch a career. You will be part of something bigger. This is where the best are built.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking an Early Career Flight Test Discipline Engineer supporting Naval Air Station Patuxent River F-35 weapons flight test. This position will provide on-site support for weapons flight test planning and execution and will be part of a fast paced, dynamic environment. In this role you will assist in the development of weapon flight environment and weapon system integration test plans, participating in real time control room activities during test execution, and distribution/analysis/reporting of data acquired during test missions/events. Also, the position will require aircraft system troubleshooting and failure resolution to ensure test assets are mission capable. Travel, overtime, and weekend work may be required.

The successful candidate will have an interest in test engineering. Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Aeronautical Engineering

- Must be a US Citizen; This position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Desired skills

-F-35 or Weapon System Experience

-Experience with IADS

-Coding Experience (i.e. Matlab, Python, SQL, VBA)

-Excellent oral & written communication skills

State

Maryland

Zip

20670

EEO

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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Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

City, State

Patuxent River-MD

Ability to Telecommute

No telecommuting

Other Important Information

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 Schedule Information

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.

Security Clearance Information

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Work Sched

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