Project Engineer Stf - E4

Lockheed Martin; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 118,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, CO, seeks an experienced manufacturing program manager to drive throughput and ramp-to-rate for hypersonic missile production. You will coordinate planning, scheduling, and cost alignment across engineering and manufacturing to meet tight cost and schedule commitments.

In this role you will interface with demand management, program planning, and contracts, delivering regular program updates to leadership and customers while ensuring design/test requirements

Qualifications

• Experience on a production program, either on the floor or from a program support perspective or comparable combined experience.
• Manufacturing leadership experience in previous lead roles, supervision, make planning, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering or similar.
• Program/Project Management and/or CAM experience or similar.
• Experience in low-rate and/or high-rate manufacturing or comparable combined experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee throughput initiatives to support demand and ramp to rate from an operations perspective.
• Coordinate planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects; review design for compliance and release changes.
• Ensure centers have resources needed from the program to meet cost and schedule commitments.
• Provide daily/weekly program status briefs to customer and on-floor manufacturing progress.
• Interface with demand management, planning, program finance, and manufacturing leaders to align build requirements.

Skills

Production program experience

Manufacturing leadership

Project management

Scheduling / planning

Cross-functional coordination

Cost accounting / CAM experience

Tools

AI prompting

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.

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! This position will:

• Oversee our Hypersonic missile production's throughput initiatives to support our anticipated TSWS demand signal, and support ramp to rate from an operations perspective
• Coordinates planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates engineering program; reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. Evaluates and approves design changes, specification and drawing releases. Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems
• Ensure the manufacturing centers have the resources needed from the program to be successful in meeting both cost and schedule commitments
• Daily and weekly, provide program status briefs to customer and program of manufacturing progress on the floor
• Interface directly with demand management, program planning, program finance, manufacturing planning manager, and manufacturing finance to ensure the program and manufacturing are in alignment on build requirements from a cost and schedule perspective

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:
Coordinates planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates engineering program; reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. Evaluates and approves design changes, specification and drawing releases. Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience on a production program, either on the floor or from a program support perspective or comparable combined experience
• Manufacturing Experience in previous lead roles, supervision, make planning, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering or similar experience
• Program/Project Management and/or Cost Account Manager (CAM) experience or similar experience
• Experience in low-rate and/or high-rate manufacturing or comparable combined experience

Desired Skills

• Technical experience related to missile, launch vehicle, and/or space vehicle development
• Experience pitching status to senior management and/or customers
• Cross functional coordination in project management
• Project Management from inception to completion of a highly complex manufacturing process
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
• Preferred experience in related SMD programs
• Able to interface with Engineering, Manufacturing, Contracts, Procurement, Quality, Administrative, and Management Personnel
• Ability to articulate complex technical and programmatic issues to peers, management, and customers

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00

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.

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, and 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.