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.

This Associate Manager role will lead the Stress, Loads and Dynamics, and Structural Survivability team that supports the Strategic Reentry Program (SRP) portfolio as well as a range of Strategic Missile and Defense (SMD) programs across multiple Lockheed Martin Space sites (Denver, CO; Valley Forge, PA; Sunnyvale, CA). This role provides technical direction, labor projections, mentorship, and program‑level ownership to ensure high‑quality, on‑schedule delivery of analyses and test campaigns.

In this role, you will:

• Manage a team of 8-12 mechanical analysts

• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, training and career development opportunities

• Responsible for the team's performance and execution of program milestones and deliverables

• Represent the organization in program reviews, proposal efforts, and our customers, practicing Full Spectrum Leadership.

• Oversee cost, schedule, and technical product management for all phases of the program life cycle, facilitating strategic initiatives for affordability and efficiency across SRP, which includes Advanced Strategic Programs (ASP) and Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM).

• Support dynamic test definition, requirements, monitoring, data reduction, and analysis incorporating mechanical and system-level parameters.

• Ensuring staffing data is accurate for near-term and long-term mechanical analysis demands utilizing manpower planning tools(e.g. VEMO)

• Provide inputs to and ensure compliance with major program reviews including System Requirements Reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, and Mission Success Reviews

• Provide analysis documentation compliant with customer requirements and LM Space best practices and requirements

• Engage with program leadership teams as well as chief engineers in planning and implementation of timely releases of engineering products

• Incorporate LM Space E&T strategies for digital transformation into SRP

• Some travel may be required

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Manages the research, planning, design and development of mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Directs application of research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.

Basic Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or higher degree in mechanical, aerospace program or equivalent from an accredited college/university and/or equivalent work experience
• Relevant experience in mechanical analysis, including finite element analysis(FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and/or classical hand calculations
• Demonstrated leadership experience, such as leading projects, mentoring peers and/or owning technical deliverables within a large organization 
• Ability/willingness to obtain/maintain a Top Secret clearance, US Citizenship required

Desired Skills

• A Master's degree is strongly preferred for this position

• Mechanical background to understand fundamentals of statics and dynamics
• Experience with analysis tools such as ABAQUS CAE, Siemens Simcenter3D, NASTRAN, ADAMS, LS-DYNA or equivalent 
• Experience evaluating designs using rigid body or flexible body analysis methods and tools
• Mechanisms, antenna, electronic component, ground support, hoisting, and test support equipment, and composite materials analysis experience
• Static, vibration, acoustic, modal, shock test experience of aerospace flight hardware
• Experience managing/leading an engineering team
• Experience working on Missile Defense programs

• Proven ability to plan, propose, coordinate work and personnel across multiple programs and organizational structures 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to lead, organize, motivate, and mentor a team of engineers 
• Excellent collaboration skills with multidisciplinary teams, managers, programs, and customers, with the ability to effectively communicate and work together to address complex technical issues 
• Ability and desire to assume ownership of tasks and drive to closure quickly and efficiently
• Ability to work in a collaborative and highly integrated team environment
• Active Secret or Top Sercret Clearance