Skunk Works - Manufacturing Engineer

Skunk Works - Manufacturing Engineer Staff

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, home of the world‑renowned Skunk Works®, turns visionary aircraft into reality and is known for building the finest military aircraft in the world. This recognition is continually earned through our commitment to relentless research and development of high‑performance aircraft, continuously seeking innovative, low‑cost design and manufacturing strategies, and delivering operational readiness for our customers' missions to ensure continued relevancy for the life cycle of our products.

In this role, you will immediately impact the business with your ingenuity, creativity, and ideas that will be the catalyst for future business. If you are craving an opportunity where you are invited to be passionate, push the envelope, and think outside of the box, this opportunity with our Skunk Works may be just for you. We ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready.

As a Manufacturing Engineer in Skunk Works®, you will play a critical role as liaison between our design engineering teams and the elite women and men responsible for building tomorrow’s future in an advanced manufacturing and technology facility. You will work amongst a team of specialized and professional engineers to lead producibility reviews, develop manufacturing plans, and guide work instructions generation to directly support the shop floor.

Our team is in development, and there will be an expectation to develop, shape, and document processes for manufacturing engineering standard work. You will also mentor early career engineers on the discipline. We work cross‑functionally and engage other organizations as needed to support our common program goals.

This position is in Marietta, GA. The role may require infrequent travel, extended hours, and possible weekend/off‑hour support. It is full‑time on site. The team supports programs that may require additional special access in addition to a DoD Secret clearance. This is required prior to start.

• Work in parallel with design engineering, quality engineering, supply chain organizations, and production operations.
• Create 3D manufacturing simulations to drive efficiency throughout the build of our product, perform clash detections, and sequence assembly tasks for the lifecycle of the program.
• Review critical designs and provide design for manufacturability feedback of all 3D engineering models to reduce cost and positively impact performance at suppliers across the country.
• Design factory product and process flows using 6S methodologies to optimize production operations activities.
• Create Manufacturing Engineering Statement of Work contractual requirements.
• Collaborate and contribute on the design of DA tooling.
• Drive collaboration and discussions around producibility and design for cost.
• Own Capital Planning forecast for the assigned effort.