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Lockheed Martin F-16 Aircraft Field Engineer Senior Staff OCONUS (Turkey) in Fort Worth, Texas
Description: Our products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world. Highly trained and specialized personnel and facilities are key to the company's unrivaled success in the aeronautics industry. Our workforce of more than 30,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.
Join the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics team as an In-Country F-16 Field Service Engineer (FSE). This position is located in Eskisehir, Turkey. This is a minimum of a two year accompanied spouse only assignment.
This position will serve as the F-16 Avionics and APG Field Service Engineer (FSE) / Contractor Engineering and Technical Services (CETS) to support the Turkish Air Force by providing on-site advice, liaison, and informal training in the installation, operation and maintenance of equipment and systems related to all F-16 systems on and off the aircraft. The FSE will support over 200 F-16s from 7 different bases within Turkey. The objective of the FSE is to elevate the technical skill and abilities of the personnel responsible for the operation and maintenance of F-16 aircraft and associated equipment/systems to a level of self-sufficiency.
Specific tasks include but are not limited to the following:
• Provide on-site/on-equipment informal unit training to the component level on installation, maintenance and operating techniques pertaining to the adjustment, calibration, trouble-shooting, bench check, routine maintenance, inspection and repair of the prime equipment/system.
• Provide advice in the identification of and instruction on the use of special tools, handling equipment, aerospace ground equipment (AGE) and test equipment associated with and related to F-16 aircraft and avionics systems.
• Devise local informal training programs and provide advice in identifying needed training programs. Emphasize safety precautions to be taken in all training provided.
• Demonstrate best methods of modifications and retrofit kits related to F-16 systems.
• Render technical advice to resolve difficult and unusual maintenance problems. Provide consistent analysis of maintenance difficulties. Provide advice on the establishment of maintenance, inspection and training programs designed to improve the quality of maintenance, recommending changes as applicable.
• Provide liaison through which information related to maintenance and operational problems, available in the manufacturer's plant, can be quickly disseminated to operations and maintenance personnel.
• Provide training on the use and interpretation of applicable technical orders. Provide advice as requested to assist in accident investigation and preparing failure data reports and unsatisfactory reports.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to accommodate customer requirements as needed.
**Selected candidate must pass an overseas physical. Must be a US citizen. Must have at minimum an Interim Secret Security Clearance prior to start. Must be able to obtain a Final Secret Security Clearance.
What’s In It For You
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition
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Basic Qualifications:
The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:
• Bachelor's degree with 8 years combined of F-16 avionics systems/subsystems and APG (Aircraft General) experience or will accept 12 years F-16 combined avionics systems/ subsystems and APG experience without a degree.
• Experience with US Air Force (USAF) Maintenance Procedures at the Organization and Intermediate Levels.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite - Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Experience working with Foreign Military Customers.
Desired Skills:
The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the others:
• Good Communication Skills, Oral and Written, Good Organization Skills.
• Familiar with F-16 Avionics Integration, General Aircraft Mechanical (APG) System and Weapons System.
• Familiar with all Blocks F-16.
• Familiar with Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP) modified F-16 aircraft.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: 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: Non- standard 40 hour work week as assigned by leader
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.
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.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Product Support
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First