Manufacturing Engineer

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline from an accredited college/university or equivalent experience/combined education.
• This position requires special access to support the program and requires the selected candidate to be a US Citizen.
• Previous machine shop experience
• Familiarity with Lockheed Martin Space Systems or industry equivalent processes (Manufacturing Work Instructions, Routings, Production Orders, Bill of Materials, Q‑Notes, FOE/FOD, etc.)
• Understanding of procedures, work instructions, technical writing or similar with technical publications.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, schematics, and specifications.
• Independent problem solver
• Ability to form and maintain working relationships

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for a position at the Mechanical Manufacturing Center (MMC), located on the Waterton Campus in Littleton, Colorado. The MMC Manufacturing Engineering team supports a variety of production areas, including additive manufacturing, traditional machining, mechanism assembly, composite fabrication, and structural assembly. The chosen candidate would join our collaborative team with a primary focus on traditional machining.

• Providing shop floor support, maintaining manufacturing plans, tooling requirements, engineering change implementation and coordinating changes in the build process for a specific program or production area.
• Accomplishing results by utilizing a multi‑functional team, including Technicians, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing and Test Engineering, MRP/Parts Production Control, and Planning/Scheduling to meet program needs.
• Providing guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Interacting across all levels of the organization; efficiently and effectively communicating and implementing agreed‑upon changes; navigating difficult situations and conversations to a productive outcome.
• Creating procedures and operations for the fabrication and/or rework of hardware.
• Translating engineering drawings and parts lists into easy‑to‑follow work instructions for the production floor.
• Writing production planning, inspecting and assessing defective hardware, and optimizing production flow to meet program deliverables.
• Interfacing with shop floor personnel to implement process improvements to gain efficiencies and representing manufacturing in peer reviews of engineering drawings to enhance the design for manufacturability.
• Contacting immediate supervisor or lead, project leaders, and other personnel in the section or group.

• Experience with programming in Master
  
  CAM or similar programs
• Previous manufacturing experience
• Familiarity with Lockheed Martin Space Systems or industry equivalent tools (ERP/SAP, EPDM, VECAMS, PMP Database, etc.)
• Understanding and application of fundamental GD&T principles
• Ability to collaborate with multiple job functions
• Experience with design for manufacturing

The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.