Sustainment Quality Engineer - Level 4

As a Quality Engineer on Advanced Development Programs, you’ll be responsible for driving process improvements, managing variation, and influencing cross‑functional strategies that reduce defects, field escapes, scrap, and rework. You’ll collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, sustainment operations, and supply chain teams while representing the voice of quality in a fast‑paced, innovative environment.

This position is in Palmdale, CA.

Drive process improvements, manage variation, influence cross‑functional strategies to reduce defects, field escapes, scrap, and rework. Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, sustainment operations, and supply chain teams. Represent the voice of quality in a fast‑paced, innovative environment.

You are a multi‑faceted teammate able to communicate and function effectively on an engineering team, create a collaborative environment, establish mission goals. Self‑motivated and inspired, thrive in an environment where you are empowered to work your craft, never settling for the bare minimum.

• Experience in root cause, corrective action, field/manufacturing metric analysis and creation
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: quality engineering, quality assurance, inspection, quality auditing
• Experience with reading and interpreting engineering requirements and specifications and applying their intent for evaluating acceptance of quality products
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience with internal surveillance systems, inspection planning and work instructions, manufacturing execution systems, inspection methods, statistical process control, key characteristic management (design and process KCs), RCCA tools, metrics development; analytics
• Experience working supplier quality issue resolution with supply chain
• Experience with ground operations compliance

• Bachelor’s in STEM or a business‑related area
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
• Ability to work at all levels of the organization to identify and drive systemic root cause and corrective action utilizing quantitative, qualitative analytical capabilities to communicate and influence others in a concise, data‑driven manner
• Excellent interpersonal skills needed for collaboration, communication, and presentations
• Knowledge of AS9100/AS9110 Quality Management System Requirements
• Ability to work independently and without direct supervision
• Excellent teaming skills; interface with all levels of management, technical experts, and field/floor level personnel in a multi‑organizational environment
• Green Belt or Black Belt, CQE or CMQOE certification
• Experience with D/PFMEA, process improvement tools (DMAIC, Six Sigma)
• Full Scale Determinant Assembly manufacturing practices
• Supplier QA engagement
• Supplier performance management KPIs
• PLM lifecycle knowledge
• Software QA integration
• Test, system checkout
• Composites (fabrication of composites)
• Strong in Full Scale Determinant Assembly manufacturing practices
• Experience with 3D model‑based environments like Catia, NX, 3DX or XVE
• GD&T experience

This position requires a government security clearance (Secret). You must be a US Citizen.

Annual base salary range: $99,700 – $175,835 (California, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington, DC). For states not referenced above, the salary range will reflect the candidate’s final work location.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short‑Term Disability, Long‑Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, Holidays.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

Application window will close in 90 days.