Lead Project Engineer (Engineering Continuous Improvement)

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Ampthill; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation is hiring a Lead Project Engineer for our Ampthill, Bedfordshire team. The role focuses on bridging traditional engineering management with Digital Engineering, ensuring MBSE models, Digital Twin data, and physical assets stay in sync as a single source of truth across the lifecycle.

The position requires on-site presence Mondays and Tuesdays, with the rest of the week working in a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field is required.
• Proven experience in a complex engineering setting, preferably defence.
• Strong MBSE knowledge and experience with digital environments.

Responsibilities

• Digital Governance: lead governance of tools within a Digital Engineering environment.
• Digital Thread Orchestration: establish and maintain the Digital Thread across requirements, design, manufacturing and sustainment.
• Model-Based Change Control: manage changes and impact analysis on MBSE models and Digital Twin simulations.
• Data Integrity & Auditing: audit conformance to digital architecture ensuring 'as-designed', 'as-built', and 'as-maintained' states.
• Lifecycle Integration: automate and integrate configuration status accounting in the digital ecosystem.
• Process Innovation: drive development and improvement of processes for Digital Twin environments and data integration platforms.
• Learning and applying new technologies related to Digital Thread and MBSE tools.

Skills

MBSE knowledge

PLM / digital environment

Analytical skills

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

MBSE tools

PLM software

Data integration platforms

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Project Engineer to join our Ampthill, Bedfordshire team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of complex engineering projects by bridging traditional engineering Management with modern Digital Engineering methodologies. You will play a critical role in ensuring that MBSE models, Digital Twin data, and physical assets remain synchronized, providing a single, authoritative source of truth across the entire product lifecycle. The role will require a mandatory presence on-site of Monday's and Tuesday's each week, with the rest of the week working to a more hybrid model.

Responsibilities

• Digital Governance: Lead governance of tools within a Digital Engineering environment, ensuring that digital models and data are managed with the same rigor as physical components.
• Digital Thread Orchestration: Establish and maintain the Digital Thread, ensuring seamless data continuity between requirements (MBSE), design (CAD/PLM), manufacturing, and sustainment.
• Model-Based Change Control: Manage complex change control processes that include the impact analysis of changes on MBSE models and Digital Twin simulations.
• Data Integrity & Auditing: Conduct audits to verify conformance not only to physical requirements but to the digital architecture, ensuring the "as-designed," "as-built," and "as-maintained" states are digitally synchronised.
• Lifecycle Integration: Collaborate with Configuration Engineers and Systems Engineers to ensure that configuration status accounting is automated and integrated into the broader digital ecosystem.
• Process Innovation: Drive the development and continuous improvement of processes specifically tailored for Digital Twin environments and automated data integration platforms.
• Learning and applying new technologies related to Digital Thread (e.g., MBSE tools, data integration platforms).

Required Skills, Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or related discipline.
• Proven experience as a Project Engineer in a complex engineering environment, preferably within the defence industry.
• Strong knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles, processes, and standards.
• Experience managing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) or integrated digital environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage complexity of multi-disciplinary digital data sets.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality.

Desired Skills

• Direct experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies.
• Digital Thread – experience in implementing or managing data continuity across different engineering domains.
• Digital Twin knowledge – understanding pf how data feeds into and maintains Digital Twin accuracy
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., MEIT).