Opto-Mechanical Engineering Manager

Requisition  Eligible?:
Yes

ERP amount: $5,000

Relocation:
Possible Type:
Leader

Shift: 1

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

Job Description By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, 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 diverse 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.

At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Manages those who research, plan, design, develop, and test optical elements including lenses, filters, beamsplitters, reflective, and diffractive elements in mechanical structures, assemblies, mechanisms, and fixtures that allow optical systems to meet performance and operational requirements.

Designs precision components and mechanisms to enclose, retain, and maintain alignment of optical elements within system tolerance specifications. Selects materials based on optical alignment tolerances, manufacturing tolerances, induced environments, and ergonomic requirements. Leads or produces design documentation packages for suppliers which consists of optical and mechanical drawings with specification, tolerance, and special process steps. Generate requirements, specifications, performance budgets, build and test procedures, verification plans, and operating  this leadership role you will direct a group of engineers to:

Lead a team of Opto-mechanical engineers who will design and analyze optical payload hardware as part of the Integrated product Team (IPT)   Work closely with Payload IPT leads and LOB leadership to understand mission drivers

Manage staffing requirements, sustain engineering capabilities and preserve critical and core skills

Support proposal writing an proposal review for optical payloads

Execute discrete work for programs as a technical contributor or technical lead, 70% of your time. Led a team of approximately 12 individuals by mentoring, reviewing work products, and providing functional management support, 30% of your time.

Basic Qualifications Proven experience managing teams and leading technical projects in aerospace or defense, focusing on optical systems, thermal management and mechanical systems

Strong engineering management background, with a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (e.g. Mechanical, Aerospace or related Engineering or Sciences field)
Demonstrated technical leadership in optical, thermal or mechanical systems or subsystems

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to work effectively with cross-functional geographically diverse team, customers and stakeholders

Ability to obtain an TS/SCI Desired Skills Experience designing kinematic systems, optical mounts and or athermalizing designs

Experience with cooled/cryogenic systems in visible and IR application, including cryocoolers, dewars, radiators, heat pipes, phase change materials

Experience with optical mechanisms, fast steering mirrors, gimbals and filter wheels

Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues

Strong mentoring skills

Broad customer exposure across business areas such as military, intelligence, science and weather instrumentation

Prior leadership role with a proven record of leading team to perform productively and foster cross-functional relationships

Active TS/SCI or DOD TSProficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $185400.00 - $344400.00

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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,…