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Sustainment Engineer

Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie, Texas

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Job ID: 724908BR Date posted: Apr. 20, 2026
Description:

You will be the Sustainment Engineer for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) team. Our team keeps the PAC 3 missile system mission ready by managing spares, logistics, and sustainment throughout the product lifecycle.

What You Will Be Doing
As the Sustainment Engineer you will drive spares analysis, forecasting, and logistical support for the PAC 3 program. You’ll partner with program management, customers, and international partners to ensure launchers remain operational and cost effective.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Perform spares modeling and Level of Repair (LORA) analyses for fielded and depot level parts.
• Translate requirements into proposal inputs, develop ground rules, and present them to the proposal team.
• Participate in Customer IPT meetings, review engineering changes, and advise Concept Screening and Configuration Control Boards on logistics impacts.
• Resolve spares issues quickly and cost effectively, coordinating with the PAC 3 Obsolescence and Launcher Maintenance programs.
• Conduct short and long term logistics and sustainment analyses for flight and ground equipment, shaping the Sustainment CONOPS.
• Recommend improvements to spares processes, modeling methods, and sustainment concepts.
• Respond to management and customer inquiries, delivering status briefings and recommendations to internal leadership, USG, and foreign partners.
• Travel occasionally to support meetings and on site reviews.

Why Join Us
Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

You thrive in a collaborative environment where technical expertise meets mission impact. This role gives you direct influence over a critical defense capability, exposure to a diverse, high performing team, and interaction with both U.S. and international stakeholders. If you are a proactive problem solver with a passion for logistics, modeling, and missile sustainment, you’ll find growth, visibility, and the satisfaction of keeping the nation’s air defense systems flying. Apply now to shape the future of integrated air and missile defense.

We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Grand Prairie, TX.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.
Basic Qualifications:
-Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience, and ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
-Experience in spares analyses and material lay-in/hardware management.
-Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to effectively present technical data and collaborate across functions.
-Proficient with Microsoft Office.
-Highly motivated individual with operations, logistics and supply chain experience with a continuous improvement mindset and ability to work multiple projects and issues simultaneously under general guidance.
-Excellent organizational, research and problem-solving skills.
Desired Skills:
-Familiarity with sustainment and logistics products/tools and principles.
-Experience supporting Configuration Control Board to ensure Logistics requirements/impacts are met and mitigated on new and modified designs.
-Advanced proficiency utilizing Excel macro, pivot tables and visual basic experience.
-Familiarity with spares/demand forecasting methodologies, reliability and maintainability concepts, and level of repair analysis/provisioning. Ability to gain detailed understanding and use of various spares and logistics engineering optimization models.
-Experience with Proposal Inputs, BOE Development, and Statement of Work Requirements
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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
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: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Product Support
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First

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Pioneering Defense Technology: From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can innovate mission solutions alongside the best minds in the business.

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  • Collaborative

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  • Curious

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  • Goal-oriented

    From planning and organizing to decision making, goal orientation produces impactful results. You set goals and strive to make things happen quickly and efficiently.

  • Proactive

    The ability to anticipate, plan and prepare for what lies ahead. You act rather than react to potential situations.

  • Problem Solver

    You work to tackle tough problems with complex solutions.

  • Strategic

    You observe, reflect and analyze processes to make more informed decisions.

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“Before I came to Lockheed Martin, I never thought I’d get these opportunities. The benefits available and the company’s value culture make it an incredibly supportive place to work, and I’m grateful to work somewhere that wants me to succeed. I hope to have a long career here making an impact, and I know I’ll be supported in doing that every step of the way.”

Ryan J., Enterprise Operations

Benefits

  • Healthcare

    Medical, Dental and Vision coverage is available for employees who opt-in.

  • 401(k)/Retirement Plans

    Our 401(k) plan features generous matching and company contributions.

  • Professional Development

    We support our employees through mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs.

  • Maternity and Paternity Leave

    Our generous parental leave policies support your journey into parenthood. When you return to work, our facilities offer mother's rooms to support your transition and work/life balance.

  • Paid Time Off

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  • Flex-time

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