Skunk Works Project Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 71,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

4x10 Work Schedule

401(k) match

Paid time off & Holidays

Job summary

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division seeks a Project Engineer to act as a central hub for budget tracking, staffing, and technical execution across multiple aerospace projects. You will forecast expenditures, maintain Tableau dashboards, and prepare executive presentations to support leadership reviews.

You will coordinate engineering planning, review designs for compliance, and support cost estimating for proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Finance, Economics, or other STEM fields.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Tableau.
• Experience with Scrum and Kanban and participating in scrum ceremonies.

Responsibilities

• Track, analyze, and report project budgets and forecast expenditures.
• Maintain and update Tableau dashboards for portfolio visibility.
• Create executive presentations to support reviews.
• Participate in daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Agile experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Finance/Economics or STEM

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Project

Tableau

Job description

Standard Job Description

LockheedMartin’s Skunk Works® division is seeking a highly motivated Project Engineer to join a dynamic, fast paced aerospace program portfolio; EMS Warfare – Technology Roadmaps, Autonomy. The successful candidate will act as a central hub for budget tracking, staffing, technical execution, and communications across multiple projects. This role supports senior leadership, customers, capture teams, and scrum teams.

In this role you will work on budget and financial management where you will track, analyze, and report project budgets and forecast expenditures. This data will help support program staffing decisions. You will maintain and update several financial tableau dashboards that support the portfolio. You will assist the program leadership team by gathering and organizing data from the team and leads and creating presentations to support various reviews. You will assist the portfolio with cost estimating for proposal content creation and ensure we are meeting proposal submittal deadlines. You will participate in daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives and track sprint deliverables, remove impediments, and ensure alignment with program objectives.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Finance, Economics, or other STEM degrees.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Project) and data visualization tools (Tableau).
• Experience with agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and experience participating in scrum ceremonies.

Desired Skills

• Strong analytical skills; ability to interpret financial data and technical metrics.
• Excellent written and oral communication; adept at preparing executive‑level presentations.
• Familiarity with purchasing and SAP.
• Experience with Control Account Management or Earned Value Management System.
• Familiarity with the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $70500.00 - $130900.00

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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, 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.