F-22 Systems Engineer (Loads) - Level 2
Edwards AFB, CAFull-time$79–147K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The F-22 Systems Engineer (Loads) will work on a small team of structural discipline engineers supporting F-22 envelope expansion. The role develops and tests loads analysis, makes pre-flight load predictions across flight phases, and monitors flight-test data to evaluate structural performance. It also involves technical documentation, instrumentation tracking and troubleshooting, and ensuring test campaigns meet safety protocols and airworthiness regulations.
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Standard Job Description
Candidate will work within a small team of Structural Discipline Engineers in the pursuit of F-22 Envelope Expansion. Candidate will provide technical expertise in the development and testing of loads analysis, conducting pre-flight load predictions across all flight phases. Candidate will develop and maintain technical documentation, including defining test plans and monitoring data during flight tests to evaluate structural performance. Candidate will be responsible for tracking instrumentation sensor placement, repairs, and troubleshooting, such as strain gauges and accelerometers and ensure test campaigns meet safety protocols and airworthiness regulations.
Must be a US Citizen. This position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Basic Qualifications
-Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or related STEM discipline.
-Experience with statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, or aerodynamics
-Experience supporting Flight Test
-Experience in structural testing, FEA, or data analysis (MATLAB, Python)
-Must be a U.S. Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Desired Skills
-Experience with IADS real time and test data request post flight test tools
-Experience in post flight test data requests and analysis
-Experience in static loads analysis, structural analysis, aero/performance, stability and control, mass properties
-Experience computing pre-flight load predictions
-Experience interfacing with DoD Customers and suppliers.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $79300.00 - $147300.00
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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 11,651 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$79–147K/yr
- California median$140–210K/yr1,702 salary ranges
- US median$115–187K/yr8,796 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $113K, is 35% below the California median midpoint ($174K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,978 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 11,651 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (9,719 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,386 of the 11,651 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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