Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer – Level 2

Job ID: 723397BR Date posted: Apr. 06, 2026
Description:
We are Lockheed Martin


At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology. Never have the opportunities for a technical career been so limitless.


Join us as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer -- Level 2. In this role, you’ll develop flight test instrumentation supporting the world’s premier aircraft.


A successful FTI engineer:

• Works independently or leads a team to execute project, schedule, and technical requirements to meet the goals of the test program.


• Is responsible for specification, selection, design, integration, operation and maintenance of airborne data acquisition systems, and their related components. This includes telemetry, flight test specific hardware, or prototypes for flight test evaluation.


• Oversees installation, checkout, and calibration of data systems, to ensure collected data can be properly displayed, processed, and analyzed.


• Maintains configuration control, and mission capability of the instrumentation system as well as all associated ground support equipment.


• Supports preflight, post-flight, and control room activities for all scheduled missions.


• Interfaces with test ops, maintenance, management, and customers to ensure all instrumentation requirements are coordinated and accounted for.

Some shift, extended hours, weekend work and travel may be required.


** Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. No dual citizenship will be considered.


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

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.


REF: Engineering, Aeronautics, aeroTE, aeroFTI


Basic Qualifications:
● Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
● Secret Clearance with ability to obtain and maintain an active Top Secret clearance.
● Exposure, general interest, and experience in flight test and instrumentation.
● Willing to work occasional weekends, night shift and extended hours.
Desired Skills:
● ABET-accredited bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, computer science, or related field; master’s preferred.
● Active Secret clearance, Top Secret/SCI preferred.
● Specific experience in instrumentation such as using schematics, diagrams, technical documentation, and test equipment.
● Security+ certification.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
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.
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: Aeronautical Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First