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At Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. This is a place for engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers who are ready to engage deeply, think critically, and build with purpose. You will not just launch a career. You will be part of something bigger. This is where the best are built.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a full-time Conceptual Design Engineer with experience and/or interest in alternative propulsion technology integration. This role requires knowledge of all aircraft design competencies with understanding of how design attributes affect vehicle performance at a high level.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Create clean-sheet aircraft design concepts and configurations.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design trade studies across teams.
• Develop aircraft configurations including advanced surfacing and lofting.
• Conduct trade studies, sensitivity analysis, and optimization.
• Work with 3D CAD systems (preferably CATIA) for surface modeling and lofting.
• Support air vehicle internal arrangement and packaging.
• Convey configuration rationale, assumptions, and assignment details to management and customers.
• Help shape the future by exploring integration of alternative propulsion systems such as fuel cells, hybrid architectures, and other novel concepts.

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What’s In It For You

We are committed to supporting your work‑life balance and overall well‑being, offering flexible scheduling options. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here. Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus – if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Further Information About This Opportunity

This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.

This position is in Palmdale, CA Discover Palmdale.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Mechanical, or other engineering field.
• Industry experience, to include experience in conceptual design or adjacent field.
• Proficiency in Catia V5, 3DX or equivalent CAD software
• Experience with alternative propulsion architectures such as fuel cells, hybrid electric, ducted fans, or other.

Desired Skills

• Experience lofting aircraft outer mold lines (OMLs) and/or flowpaths (IMLs) in support of high fidelity discipline analysis
• Experience developing internal aircraft packaging models and inboard layouts incorporating alternative propulsion concepts.
• Experience executing conceptual trades such as propulsion architecture selection, planform selection, control effector layout, landing gear layout, technology trades, etc.
• Experience creating and utilizing Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (MDAO) models.
• Experience producing design space visualizations such as carpet plots, pareto fronts, and other graphics.
• Experience with alternative propulsion systems, including Hybrid-electric, fuel-cell, and other non-GTE based propulsion.
• Experience with alternative fuels, including hydrogen, methane, SAF, electricity, etc.
• Experience applying basic thermodynamic concepts to estimate performance of alternative propulsion concepts.
• Experience in assessing technical gaps and creating development plans to address technical gaps.