Manufacturing Engineer Asc - Early Career

Lockheed Martin; United States; On-site; USD 58,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead shop floor activities for missiles, harnesses, and chassis. The role supports AI&T operations, with travel to other sites as needed and a requirement to obtain an Interim SECRET clearance.

The position operates on a Weekend 1st shift from 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Thursday through Sunday, and requires collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and program teams to meet schedule and cost commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field from an accredited college.
• Experience in manufacturing through internship, work, or coursework.
• Ability to work weekend CST shift Thurs–Sun 6:00 AM–4:30 PM.
• US Citizen; eligible for government security clearance.
• Experience collaborating with a multi-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support shop floor activities to meet safety, quality, cost, schedule, and program requirements.
• Maintain manufacturing plans, tooling requirements, and engineering change control within an electrical/mechanical facility.
• Manage day-to-day Missile Assembly Integration and Test areas of Manufacturing.
• Create procedures and operations for fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions affecting product performance.
• Provide guidance to engineering on design concepts to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

Skills

Team collaboration

Weekend shift readiness

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Long Description

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for the team where we produce the next generation missiles, harnesses and chassis for Targets, Hypersonic and Mars vehicles. In this role, you will support the Thermal Protection System Application, electro/mech structure assembly, integration and test (AI&T) operations. This position could require some travel and support to other manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include, but not limited to leading the technical team daily to meet engineering requirement, schedule and cost commitments, providing production status to leadership. The successful candidate will have experience writing detailed manufacturing work instructions, technical publications or SOPs, and typical experience required for this position includes a Bachelors degree and experience/exposure to a manufacturing environment. Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance.

This position is for a Weekend 1st shift supporting a 6:00AM – 4:30PM shift Thursday – Sunday.

Other primary responsibilities will include:

• Assists in leading and adhering to safety, quality, cost, schedule, technical and programmatic requirements and performance expectations.
• Leading and providing shop floor support, maintaining manufacturing plans, tooling requirements, engineering change implementation and coordinating changes in the build process within an electrical/mechanical manufacturing facility.
• Manage the day-to-day Missile Assembly Integration and Test areas of Manufacturing.
• Creating procedures and operations for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Providing guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Role will require infrequent communication with inter-organizational and outside customer contacts on routine matters and will provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Travel to other sites as needed to support manufacturing.

Standard Job Description

Performs in a collaborative environment to develop and implement manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, fabrication, and material handling. Drives adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement. Creates and analyzes 3D based model data environment to optimize manufacturing process and digital work instructions. Leverages understanding of materials and automatic processes to define operations procedures and build sequences to drive operational excellence. Evaluates performance (including IoT devices, etc.) of equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure operational excellence. Leverages factory data to develop statistical process control approaches and integrates reporting and data analytics solutions for continuous improvement. Provides input to product design regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering or closely related discipline from and accredited college or university.
• Previous manufacturing experience through either internship, work experience, or coursework.
• Ability to work weekend shift supporting a 6:00AM – 4:30PM shift CST Thursday through Sunday.
• Experience collaborating with a multi-functional team either through coursework, work experience or similar.
• Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance.

Desired Skills

• Basic troubleshooting skills within production or manufacturing enviroment.
• Basic tooling, fixture and equipment design experience.
• Basic knowledge of Additive Manufacturing CAD/CAM and 3D Printing.
• Requires the ability to obtain and maintain an Interim SECRET clearance prior to start.
• Familiarity with industry system equivalent processes (Earn Value Management Systems, Cost Accounting, Manufacturing Work Instructions, Routings, Production Orders, Bill of Materials, Qnotes, FFMEAs, FOE/FOD, etc.)
• Familiarity with industry systems equivalent tools (ERP/SAP, EPDM, VECAMS, PMP Database, etc.)
• Lean Manufacturing experience and/or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certifications.
• Experience with Electro Static Discharge (ESD) and Ordnance Missile Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T) operations.
• Familiar with Aerospace and Manufacturing products.
• Communication skills between Program, Engineering and/or Manufacturing functions.
• Must have the ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Experience writing detailed manufacturing work instructions, technical writing or similar experience with technical publications or SOPs.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical engineering drawings, bills of material, schematics and specs.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $58200.00 - $108200.00

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.

• 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
• 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. 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.