Materials Engineer Senior

Lockheed Martin; Littleton (AL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Materials Engineer to identify requirements for materials and processes used across prototype, qualification, and flight assemblies. You’ll implement testing and controls to ensure end‑item compliance, working with designers, manufacturing, and customers to drive commonality.

This role focuses on selecting materials for space hardware, evaluating suppliers, and coordinating with design and manufacturing teams to meet program milestones.

Qualifications

• Familiar with electronic materials and processes used in printed wiring boards and/or circuit card assemblies.
• Knowledge of IPC standards.
• Experience writing material specifications and test plans.
• Familiar with reading, writing, and reviewing engineering drawings.
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret clearance; US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Select materials and processes on new designs that will help defend our country and provide hands‑on manufacturing experience.
• Perform materials and processes technical engineering assignments.
• Troubleshoot problems and find innovative solutions.
• Participate in the selection, qualification, testing, and failure analysis of materials and processes.
• Prepare technical and progress reports, evaluate suppliers, and analyze test reports.
• Coordinate with other disciplines such as design engineering, manufacturing, quality engineering, and procurement.

Skills

Electronic materials

IPC standards

Material specifications

Engineering drawings

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in materials engineering

Job description

Standard 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.

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.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM program is experiencing significant growth, and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

As a Materials Engineer in the Electrical Materials and Processes (EM&P) group on the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program, you’ll identify requirements for the selection, approval, and overall management of materials and processes used in design, development, fabrication, procurement, and service life consideration for all prototype, qualification, and flight printed wiring boards and circuit card assemblies. You will take system or material‑level requirements and implement testing and controls such that materials and processes meet end‑item requirements. Working side‑by‑side with designers, component engineers, manufacturing engineers, and both internal and external customers, you’ll use your education, experience, and growing expertise to drive commonality across the missile.

In this role you will:

• Select materials and processes on new designs that will help defend out country, get hands‑on manufacturing experience of the next missile, or provide oversite to an extensive supply chain providing product critical to Mission Success
• Perform materials and processes technical engineering assignments
• Troubleshoot problems and find innovative solutions
• Participate in the selection, qualification, testing, and failure analysis of materials and processes
• Prepare technical and progress reports on assigned tasks, prepare specifications, evaluate suppliers, and analyze test reports
• Coordinate with other disciplines such as design engineering, manufacturing, quality engineering, and procurement

We’re looking for:

• A self‑starter who implements solutions to technical issues
• A motivated individual who's able to work closely with a multidisciplinary and diverse team to resolve technical issues
• Someone able to handle shifting priorities, multiple projects and timeline pressure to meet deadlines
• Someone comfortable with communication
• The ability to work with management and program representatives at several levels

Identifies requirements for the selection, approval, and overall management of materials and processes used in design, development, fabrication, procurement, and service life consideration for all prototype, qualification, and flight printed wiring boards and circuit card assemblies. Takes system or material‑level requirements and implements testing and controls such that materials and processes meet end‑item requirements. Coordinates cross dicsiplinary internally and externally to drive commonality.

Basic Qualifications

• Familiar with electronic materials and processes used in printed wiring boards and/or circuit card assemblies
• Knowledge of industry standards, including IPC standards
• Experience writing material specifications and test plans
• Familiar with reading, writing, and reviewing engineering drawings
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret clearance; US Citizenship required

Desired Skills

• Bachelors degree in materials engineering or related field
• Design and material selection experience for printed wiring boards and circuit card assemblies
• Manufacturing experience of printed wiring boards and circuit card assemblies
• Experience with programmatic milestones, i.e. PDR, CDR, SRR, MRR, etc
• Customer interfacing experience working with DoD
• Communicate effectively with transdisciplinary teams, senior leadership, and customer audiences
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
• Active or Current Top Secret security clearance

Pay Information

Full‑Time Salary Range: $95900.00 - $178100.00

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.