This leadership role is within the Double Eagle organization supporting the Ground Engineering Team and reporting directly to the GE Manager who maintains overall functional authority and responsibility for the team. As the Associate Manager, you will administratively manage teams of specialized engineers who identify and troubleshoot ground issues with hardware, software, and networks, provide anomaly response and resolution support, support root-cause investigations, and provide technical recommendations to contract Management and Customers. The Associate Manager will perform administrative leadership duties that include promoting the sharing of ideas – Lockheed Martin fosters an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking – performance appraisals, staffing, timecard approval, budgets, training oversight, mentoring, and career guidance. This role will include interaction with external organizations and leadership events.
Candidate should have ground engineering/operations experience, leadership skills, and a strong desire to help the greater team be successful. Candidate will be required to maintain a technical role on the team that is independent of their management role, potentially be on-call, and occasionally work off-shift hours, responding to program needs.
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. If you are looking to develop your leadership skills and contribute to a dynamic, fast-moving, high-performance team while adapting to ever-changing customer requirements, then this leadership position might be just for you!
Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum 2 years Space mission operations experience
• Leadership experience of a technical team as team lead, project lead, or formal leader
• Demonstrated Full Spectrum Leadership experience with diverse teams
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner to varying levels of employees, management and customers
• Ability to multi-task, especially to perform multiple assignments while meeting competing deadlines
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance and CI poly
Desired Skills:
• Double Eagle subsystem domain experience
• Experience with cost management, project planning and logistics
• Experience with ground tools and metrics
• Experience with 24×7 operations support, to include recall of key personnel
• Experience with spacecraft anomaly response/resolution
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/Poly
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: Standard Monday to Friday 40 hour work week
Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Washington or Washington DC is $100,400 – $192,500 . 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/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help 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 diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, 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. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Systems Engineering: Other
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
Tagged as: Satellite, Avionics, Systems, Spacecraft, Ground Support