Materials Engineer - Late Career

Lockheed Martin; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Lead Materials Engineer to drive materials and processes for tactical hardware, coordinating engineers and suppliers to meet stringent military and industry requirements.

Responsibilities include design reviews, test plan development, and collaboration with design, manufacturing, quality, and procurement teams to achieve program objectives and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in the aerospace industry or related engineering field.
• Expertise in Parts, Materials, and Processes (PMP) Engineering, including specifications, development, qualification, and manufacturing issues.
• Experience leading technical development projects.
• Expertise in corrosion prevention practices.
• Experience evaluating designs against MIL-STD-11991 and/or NASA-STD-6016 requirements.
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance; US Citizenship required

Responsibilities

• Coordinating activities for a group of Materials Engineers who work on tactical hardware.
• Reviewing technical designs for compliance against military and industry requirements.
• Recommending changes to designs to meet requirements.
• Writing and implementing test plans for material and process qualification.
• Coordinating with suppliers, subcontractors, and customers.
• Coordinating with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, and Procurement.

Skills

Aerospace experience

PMP Engineering

Leadership

Corrosion prevention

MIL-STD/NASA standards

Clearance readiness

Materials science

Design review

Supplier coordination

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Material Sciences, Electrical Engineering, or related

Tools

coating and plating processes

composite material design

Job description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

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Benefits

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Lead Materials Engineer Role

The Lead Materials Engineer role will include a variety of tasks and activities with a primary focus on materials and processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating activities for a group of Materials Engineers who work on tactical hardware.
• Reviewing technical designs for compliance against military and industry requirements.
• Recommending changes to designs where necessary to meet requirements.
• Writing and implementing test plans for qualification of materials and processes.
• Coordinating with suppliers, subcontractors, and customers.
• Coordinating with other disciplines such as Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, and Procurement.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position

Evaluates technical and economic factors, recommending engineering and manufacturing actions for attainment of design objectives of process or product by applying knowledge of material science and related technologies.

Reviews plans for new products and factors, such as strength, weight, and cost to submit material selection recommendations ensuring attainment of design objectives.

Plans and implements laboratory operations to develop material and fabrication procedures for new materials to fulfill product cost and performance standards.

Confers with producers of materials, such as metals, ceramics, and polymers, during investigation and evaluation of materials suitable for specific product applications.

Basic Qualifications

• Professional experience in the aerospace industry or in a related engineering field.
• Expertise in Parts, Materials, and Processes (PMP) Engineering, such as areas of specifications, product development, qualification/screening, and manufacturing anomaly resolution.
• Prior leadership of technical development projects.
• Expertise in corrosion prevention practices.
• Prior experience evaluating designs against MIL-STD-11991 and/or NASA-STD-6016 requirements.
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance; US Citizenship required

Desired Skills

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Physics, Material Sciences, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Expertise in coating and plating processes applied to metallic and non-metallic hardware.
• Expertise in composite material design and manufacturing.
• Experience participating in major program milestone reviews such as Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews.
• Prior leadership of technical teams.
• Current or former Engineering Material Review Board certification.
• Familiarity with risk management processes.
• Prior experience evaluating designs against Missile Defense Agency's PMAP
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
• Active or Current Secret clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $161300.00 - $299500.00

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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

• 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.