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Lockheed Martin
UAS Pilot - Skunk Works, Palmdale, CA - Level 5
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A Pilot operates and navigates a commercial, private, or military aircraft or helicopter
$215,119 / year median in California
+16% projected growth
Job Description
## Standard Job Description You will be the UAS Pilot
- Skunk Works for the which is responsible for advanced unmanned aircraft development and testing. What You Will Be Doing As the UAS Pilot
- Skunk Works you will be responsible for providing expert flight‑operations support for experimental, engineering, and production‑acceptance flight tests of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).
Your responsibilities will include:
- Planning, executing, and evaluating flight‑test missions to ensure compliance with specifications and operational suitability.
- Delivering classroom, ground, and flight training for customer aircrew and support academic instruction.
- Performing technical and mission planning, systems integration, and real‑time troubleshooting during flight operations.
- Providing avionics expertise and guidance to engineering, design, development, and marketing teams.
- Analyzing test data and recommending improvements to Human‑Machine Interface and ground‑station functionality.
- if you have the passion and courage to pursue challenging missions, work hard, and enjoy what you do, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN
- This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must possess an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility to start. aeroflightops ## Basic Qualifications
- 8+ Years Experience operating large UAS under DoD instruction/regulations w/500 hours minimum PIC time.
- Experience in flight testing with the ability to work with engineering to develop solutions to integration issues and to bridge our customers with the LM engineering teams.
- In-depth knowledge of military publications and understanding of
NAS/ICAO
requirements for large UAS operations.- In-depth knowledge/understanding of aircraft survivability strategies and tactics.
- Current Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain program access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs. ## Desired Skills
Advanced UAS Operations:
Experience with integration, operation and ground control of various UAS platforms.- Graduate of a formal Test Pilot School.
- Current or demonstrated experience as an instructor from any DoD Branch.
- Excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to executive leadership.
Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range:
$145100.00- $269500.
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.- 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.
- 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.