Lockheed Martin · 18 hours ago
Lead Obsolescence Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/StaffLockheed Martin is a pioneer and innovator in the aerospace and defense industry, seeking an Obsolescence Surveillance & Integration Lead Engineer for the THAAD program. The role involves leading a team to manage obsolescence and ensure compliance with surveillance requirements while coordinating with various stakeholders.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Leading a team of obsolescence engineers to perform surveillance and determine innovative mitigation strategies to minimize risk and impacts to the wider THAAD program’s commitments
Coordinating with multiple Lockheed Martin facilities and functional groups as well as with Global Supply Chain to ensure fully compliant obsolescence surveillance is performed by all THAAD suppliers
Performing analyses to determine impacts and work with a multifunctional team to perform Strategic Mitigation studies to drive advanced solutions that support Program objectives, including support to bid and proposal activities
Maintaining direct and regular contact with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the senior Lockheed Martin leadership and government customers
Providing daily guidance to early and mid-career engineers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Materials Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
Thorough understanding of Production and Post-Production Obsolescence Surveillance and Mitigation techniques (for example, Department of Defense SD-22 and SD-26, IEC 62402, or SAE-STD-0016)
Strong leadership skills to lead geographically separated multifunctional surveillance teams
Strong communication skills to lead key meetings with customer and LM executives
Experience with Missile Defense Agency customer
Cost Account Manager (CAM) experience, including: define surveillance budget requirements for applicable proposals, manage Estimate to Complete (ETC) and charging for surveillance accounts, develop Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for Proposals, and request Financial Exposure Authorizations (FEAs) as required
Active or Current Secret clearance
Benefits
Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package
Company
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
Founded in 1912
10001+ employees
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$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
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Chairman, President & CEO
Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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