Field Engineer Sr - E3
Virginia Beach, VAFull-time$73–135K/yrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Lockheed Martin seeks a senior Field Engineer to join the Fleet Repair Facility team in Virginia Beach, focusing on cable fabrication and assembly. The role involves interpreting drawings, building wire harnesses, training technicians, providing estimates, and supporting shipboard installations while recommending process improvements.
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Standard Job Description
WHO WE ARE
Lockheed Martin: An Award-Winning Place to Work (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk5h5qU9tkI)
WHO YOU ARE
At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS), we are driven by innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training and education. Come and experience your future! Selected candidate will be part of the Fleet Repair Facility (FRF), Supply Chain, and Tech Support Team with a primary responsibility of cable fabrication and assembly. Candidate would be responsible for cable fabrication consisting of following work instructions and cable drawings to prepare wires, perform wire harness subassembly, hand cut and strip wires, cut braid and jacket, make shield breakouts, crimp connector contacts, insert contacts into connectors, prepare identification sleeves, solder, torque, and perform continuity checks. Complete cable assembly per drawing, specification and work instruction requirements. As knowledge of the work increases, recommend improvements to product and process quality, cost and efficiency, and to the improvement of tooling and other factors affecting quality and productivity in the workplace. Othe responsibilities include but not limited to:
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Provide estimates for cable builds.
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Assist in the build assemble of end-item deliverables based on drawing diagrams.
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Training technicians in cable fabrication.
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Assist with shipboard installations
Occasional travel may be required (~20%).
WHY JOIN US
Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life
As an employee at Lockheed Martin, your health and well being are paramount. From medical insurance, to legal help and tuition reimbursement, we provide benefits to improve your life. Come check out all of the amazing benefits Lockheed Martin has to offer.
Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package (https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/working-here?pk\_vid=62db38124323a18716928079640272e7)
Standard Job Description:
Conducts technical analysis of product implementations, modifications and enhancements to product in accordance with specific customer specifications and implementations. Troubleshoots technical problems and issues, determines technical solution in accordance with product and customer specifications, and recommends actions to company or customer representatives for coordinative product solution. Assesses product needs in accordance with customer specifications. Conducts technical training and product briefing with customers, vendors and company representatives. Acts as local on-site representative to customer's organization.
Basic Qualifications
-Minimum of 3 years of cable fabrication experience to include:
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Fiber Optic cabling certified
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Copper cabling certified
-Ability to qualify for and maintain certifications and/or licenses to perform assigned duties.
Desired Skills
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Cable fabrication experience
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Experience performing detailed operations by hand
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Ability to work independently and stay on task
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Ability to follow written instruction
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Familiar with J-STD-001 solder requirements
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Radio Frequency (RF) cable certified
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $72500.00 - $134600.00
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
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Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
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For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,149 open Field Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$73–135K/yr
- Virginia median$80–117K/yr38 salary ranges
- US median$85–112K/yr995 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 10% above the Virginia median midpoint ($95K) — in the middle half of Field Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 63 open Field Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,149 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- M. C. Dean10 open
- Kiewit5 open
- Skanska5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Field Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,367 postings).
- Education
- 981 of the 2,149 open Field Engineer jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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