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This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Project Engineer on the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program (FBM), a 63-year-old Program with a long-standing history of Mission Success and of a strong partnership with our Navy Customer!
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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.
What does this role look like?
Lead the charge for the Boost Control System as an IPT Lead for our FBM team! You’ll guide a diverse engineering crew, manage key subcontractors, oversee hardware qualification and acceptance testing, and pioneer innovative solutions for obsolescence issues. This is your chance to directly partner with Navy stakeholders, tackle high-impact technical problems, and shape the future of national defense, all while leading a mission-critical team where no two days are the same. If you’re ready to turn complex engineering and logistical challenges into tangible national impact, we want to hear from you.
To be effective in this role, you will need:
• Prior technical project leadership experience.
• 3+ years professional experience.
• While no clearance is needed to start in this position, you will need to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.
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
- Possess strong communication, social, and problem resolution skills
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline
- Experience leading projects, teams, and/or development efforts
- Experience with risk and opportunity identification and mitigation
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance to support this government contract
Desired Skills
- Project management certification or equivalent
- Baseline control experience and Earned Value Management (EVM) experience
- Support equipment, missile thrust vector control, or production operations experience.
- Experience with product life cycle (prototyping and testing)
- Experience as an IPT Lead
- CAD and GD&T experience
- Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00
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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.