Material & Process Engineering Sr Mgr - L6

Lockheed Martin; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 332,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking an engineering leader to manage a team and collaborate across operations to achieve manufacturing quality, throughput, and uptime. The role spans design through full production, with a focus on thin-film materials and processes.

You will drive engineering programs, develop competitive processes, and partner with CTO, Sales, and Marketing to support strategic growth while maintaining quality standards and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Material Science, Physics or related field.
• Experience with sputtering and evaporation designs and processes to produce optical thin-film based products.
• Experience in management of professional staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the engineering team and cross-functional engagement with operations.
• Support technology roadmap with development, scaling, and commercialization of thin-film products.
• Oversee production sustainment and ensure projects stay on schedule and budget.
• Deliver documented engineering processes and quality improvements.
• Collaborate with CTO to deliver processes and products for growth.
• Support Sales & Marketing with technical backing for customer retention and new business.

Skills

Inspirational leadership

Team building

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decisions

Decision making

NPI experience

PDM systems

Thin film coating

DOE/ SPC experience

Leadership in engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Material Science/Physics

Master’s degree

Tools

PDM systems

Job description

Standard Job Description

Responsible for managing the engineering team and cross-functional engagement with the operations team to support company objectives of manufacturing quality, throughput, yield, and uptime. May manage individual engineers who also have project program management responsibility. Supports the organization’s technology roadmap with development, scaling, and commercialization of thin-film based products. Works collaboratively with all functions to support achievement of the organizations quality objectives. Manages employee recruitment, selection, training, coaching, performance assessment, priorities, work assignments, and career development.

Standard Job Description

Responsible for managing the engineering team and cross-functional engagement with the operations team to support company objectives of manufacturing quality, throughput, yield, and uptime. May manage individual engineers who also have project program management responsibility. Supports the organization’s technology roadmap with development, scaling, and commercialization of thin-film based products. Works collaboratively with all functions to support achievement of the organizations quality objectives. Manages employee recruitment, selection, training, coaching, performance assessment, priorities, work assignments, and career development. Manages engineering activities from product design and development through full production sustainment. Oversees engineering action plans and program development processes to keep projects on schedule and on budget. Deliver documented engineering processes that are measured and improved. Oversees organizational development and maintenance of engineering staff competence. Works closely with the CTO to deliver new processes and products to support strategic growth initiatives. Supports Sales & Marketing teams with technical support for customer retention and new business development. May provide application engineering to support the Sales mission. Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice. Manages the analysis, research, design and development materials and their related fabrication and application processes to develop and optimize materials for use in engineering design of and/or application in structures, systems and subsystems. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Oversees the application of principles of chemistry, physics, and material behavior to develop metallic, non-metallic and composite material and processing specifications, fabrication and assembly processes. Monitors the development, analysis and application of material properties and design allowables, processing processes and quality engineering specifications. Material analyses may include failure analysis of components, systems and subsystems, life predictions, and definition and requirement specifications. Insures the review and approval of subcontractor material processing procedures.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Material Science, Physics or related field.
• Experience with sputtering and evaporation designs and processes to produce optical thin-film based products.
• Experience in management of professional staff.

Desired Skills

• Proven, inspirational leadership that adapts to change, drives innovation, and cultivates collaboration—creating an engaged workforce unified around shared goals
• Strong team building, decision-making, and people management skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills: focus on driving disciplined, fact-based and data-driven decisions while executing with discipline and urgency.
• Master’s Degree
• Experience with SPC and DOE techniques.
• Experience in formal quality systems such as ISO, AS or IATF.
• Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) and product data management systems (PDM).
• Ten years progressive experience in thin film coating and design.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $178500.00 - $331500.00

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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
• 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.