About This Role
Lockheed Martin is seeking a Level 5 F-35 Test Pilot for its onsite Flight Operations team in Fort Worth, Texas. The role initially supports F-35 efforts and may expand to Advanced Development Programs, known as Skunk Works. It combines flight-test leadership, Pilot Vehicle Interface and requirements development, F-35 subject-matter expertise, test planning and execution, and missions including experimental, developmental, production, engineering, customer-demonstration, and test-support flights. The position requires U.S. citizenship and access to a facility requiring special clearance.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The Test Pilot supports Pilot Vehicle Interface development, requirements development, and market assistance, and serves as a subject-matter expert on all aspects of the F-35. Responsibilities include flight-test planning, run-card development, test execution, and reporting
- flying experimental, developmental, production, engineering flight-test, test-support, and customer-demonstration missions
- coordinating flight-operations efforts
- approving cockpit configuration
- and conducting demonstration flights for customers, government officials, or other personnel to show aircraft performance, flying qualities, and system capabilities.
What We Offer
Lockheed Martin offers flexible work arrangements and schedules, including examples such as 4x10 schedules, together with medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) match, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, an employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation may be available depending on the position, but such payments are not guaranteed and may vary with performance metrics.
Requirements
- Applicants must hold a suitable FAA Commercial Pilot certificate for single-engine land and instrument airplane operations or an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, plus a current FAA Class I or II medical certificate.
- Required experience includes 1,000 hours of first-pilot time in a tactical aircraft and more than 100 hours of F-35 flying experience.
- Candidates must be graduates of a military or recognized Test Pilot School, hold a SECRET or higher security clearance, be willing to travel, and have a valid U.S. passport.
- The desired skill is comfort working with Communications and Public Relations in front of a camera.
- U.S. citizenship is mandatory because the facility requires special access.