Manufacturing Engineering Associate Manager

Basic Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering or related field degree
• Manufacturing experience in assembly, integration, and/or test operations
• Experience leading a technical team effort in a manufacturing factory environment
• Ability to work the weekend shift (Thursday - Sunday)
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Interim Secret clearance required prior to start

Job Description

Company Mission & Program Overview: Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. We aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve.

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Leading the technical team daily to meet engineering requirements, schedule and cost commitments, and providing production status to leadership. Supervising employees, selecting and training them, assessing their performance, and assigning engineering tasks. Designing manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts. Designing machine layout within plant facilities to ensure most efficient production capabilities. Creating procedures and operations for the fabrication of tools and equipment. Adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. Incorporating inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Ensuring processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations. Communicating with inter-organizational and outside customer contacts on routine matters and providing solutions to a variety of technical problems.

Desired Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Formal or informal leadership experience
• Experience presenting to senior government and/or Lockheed Martin leaders
• Familiarity with Lockheed Martin Space Systems or industry equivalent processes (Earn Value Management Systems, Cost Accounting, Manufacturing Work Instructions, Routings, Production Orders, Bill of Materials, Qnotes, FFMEAs, FOE/FOD, etc.)
• Familiarity with Lockheed Martin Space Systems or industry equivalent tools (ERP/SAP, EPDM, VECAMS, PMP Database, etc.)
• Leverage Lean Manufacturing experience and/or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certifications
• Experience with Electro Static Discharge (ESD) and Ordnance Missile Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T) operations
• Proven leadership and management of Aerospace and Manufacturing products
• Proven communication skills between Program, Engineering and Manufacturing
• Proven production in flow troubleshooting skills
• Basic tooling, fixture and equipment design experience
• Basic knowledge of Additive Manufacturing CAD/CAM and 3D Printing
• Ability to work independently with little to no direction