Mechanical Design Engineer Stf - E4

Requisition  Eligible?:
Yes

ERP amount: $1,000

Relocation:
Possible Type:
Exempt

Shift: 1

Clearance Prior to Start:
None Final Clearance:
Secret Pay Transparency: $ - $Experience Level: Experienced Professional FT/PT/Casual:
Full Time Department :
Space Business Unit:
Space Standard

Job Description 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.

The Next Generation Glide Body (NXGB) program is seeking motivated, high-potential candidates for a Structures & Mechanisms IPT Lead within the Propulsion, Structures, Ordnance & Controls (PSOC) organizationNXGB began as a multi-year LM IRAD flight demo of an affordable, producible, and advanced intermediate range boost-glide hypersonic vehicle. It is an LM Space Key Investment (KI) and is in the LM Space Top 10 Priority Captures for 2026.

The NXGB portfolio is extending beyond the IRAD to include a new SHY CRAD contract with a second flight opportunity, and the program is targeting downstream EMD and Production phases. The IRAD program is approaching CDR (Concept Design Review)  and moving into AI&T (Assembly Integration & Test). The SHY (Scalable Hypersonics) program must incorporate new technology and thus will begin with a follow-on design phase.

The Structures & Mechanisms IPT (Integrated Product Team) Lead will be responsible for the integrated cost, schedule, and technical performance of the IPT’s sub-disciplines, including structures, tooling, launch vehicle adapter, and flight control actuation. The ideal candidate will work with other IPT Lead and functional integrators to support program execution and deliveries within cost and schedule constraints.

Job Assignments Program Management: maintain Structures & Mechanisms IPT cost/schedule/technical baseline; ensure this occurs by tracking key metrics (EVM/etc) and developing Return to Green (RTG) plans as needed;
Report performance and escalate issues through program channels. push formal changes to change boards for incorporation; maintain strong baseline control

Major Reviews & Documentation: provide content and brief as needed in program reviews to customers internal stakeholder. Responsible for fulfilling contract deliverables for IPT.Supplier and Procurement Support:
Interface with suppliers to oversee and drive on time execution and delivery. Work with internal stakeholders and processes to identify and resolve obstacles.

Risk & Opps: ensure the R&O database is adequate to inform decisions; optimize the path forward by mitigating risks and exploiting opportunities; integrate across product areas and subprograms

Staffing/Onboarding: ensure VEMO updates are completed and requisitions opened to align with future resource needs; support PMs and Strategic Assistant (SA) with tracking status and sourcing effectively

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position Designs and oversees the plant or manufacturing systems, fabrication, installation, modification, maintenance, and repair of mechanical equipment such as conveyor systems, production machinery, and other material-handling equipment used in fabrication, assembly, and other production functions; analyzes engineering sketches, specifications and related data, and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape, and arrangement…