Job ID: 721908BR Date posted: Mar. 25, 2026 Program: Fighters: F-22 Mods & Maintenance
Description:You will be the SAS/Low Observable Aircraft Lead Technician, F-22 - Level 4 for the Low Observable Aircraft Maintenance Team which is responsible for delivering high‑precision modifications, repairs, and overhauls on the F‑22 fleet. This position is located at Langley AFB, VA.

What You Will Be Doing:
As the SAS/Low Observable Aircraft Lead Technician, you will be responsible for leading the team that ensures aircraft readiness, safety, and mission success through meticulous low‑observable maintenance and technical coordination.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Communicate daily with management and SAS‑LO engineering on work status, material availability, and production issues while enforcing safety and housekeeping standards.

- Assign work, conduct FOD walks, and perform daily tool/equipment inspections, reporting any damage or loss promptly.

- Read and interpret F‑22 engineering drawings, technical manuals, and structure repair manuals; fabricate shims, brackets, and plates using precision measuring equipment and hand/power tools.

- Repair, replace, and overhaul low‑observable and structural systems, documenting procedures and ensuring airworthiness.

- Maintain accurate work records, timekeeping, and attendance reporting; order parts and generate lost‑tool reports as needed.

What’s In It For You:
We are committed to supporting your work‑life balance and overall well‑being, offering flexible scheduling options. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here. 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.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN – This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must possess an Interim Secret clearance to start with the ability to obtain a Final Secret clearance.


Physical Requirements:
This may include certain military required health screenings and immunizations. This position regularly requires to lift up to 50 pounds and perform repetitive movements, work overhead, use hands to grasp, handle, and/or feel, reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, squat, crawl, and twist. Confined Space Entry. Position may also require extended work hours.
Basic Qualifications:
- Candidate must have held a 5 or 7 Skill level USAF AFSC, Navy NEC, or Marine MOS discipline rating or an equivalent Airframe and Power Plant, FAA certificate.

- 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft Crew Chief/Sheet Metal Experience, and or Low Observable Coatings application experience and training, or equivalent 10+ years combined F-22 experience
Desired Skills:
- F-18/F-15/F-22/F-35 Experience CC/Str/Low Observable Coatings application experience and training

- Corrosion Control application experience and training,
Knowledgeable of Tool Control, FOD, Supply, HAZMAT, Training, Quality, Production control and Security programs
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: 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: Standard Monday to Friday 40 hour work 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: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Technicians
Type: Full-Time
Shift: Multiple shifts available