Skunkworks Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2)

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Palmdale, California
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Job Description
At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Mission-Focused Innovation: From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can solve the world's most complex challenges for our customers.

Foundational Values: Our culture of performance excellence, ethics, teamwork and inclusion is embedded in everything we do.

Diverse Career Opportunities with Meaningful Work: Grow your career and skills for life. Our technology-driven learning platforms and programs enable your development and agility.

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life: Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Empowered to Be Your Best: Use your strengths to make a difference in the lives of one another, our customers, our communities and our planet.

Commitment to Sustainability: We foster innovation, integrity and security to preserve the environment, strengthen diverse communities and propel growth.

Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:
Flexible Schedules, dependent on role
Levels: Student, Entry, Mid, Senior, Management
Locations: Nationwide & OCONUS Positions

Benefits
HEALTHCARE

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage is available for employees who opt-in.

401(K)/RETIREMENT PLANS

Our 401(k) plan features generous matching and company contributions.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

We support our employees through mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs.

MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE

Our generous parental leave policies support your journey into parenthood. When you return to work, our facilities offer mother's rooms to support your transition and work/life balance.

PAID TIME OFF

We offer PTO, paid holidays and paid time off for jury duty and military obligations.

FLEX-TIME

Depending on the position, we offer flexible work schedules.

Job Responsibilities

Skunkworks Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2)

Palmdale, California

JOB ID: 630264BR
Date posted: Mar. 22, 2023
Locations: Palmdale, California
Program: N/A

Description: We are Lockheed Martin

The story of aviation has always been the story of people who have the courage to fail, to try again and to one day succeed. Since Lockheed Martin’s inception and continuing today, the passion to advance aeronautical design and help our customers achieve mission success has been ingrained in our culture. It is that passion combined with a strategic focus on ever changing global challenges that shapes our path forward.

This position will be assigned to the ADP Hypersonics Manufacturing Engineering Team.

  • Support ME tasks associated with product development through standing up a low-rate production product line.
  • Experienced with creating manufacturing plans, reading engineering blue prints and understanding fundamental engineering concepts for production and prototype aircraft.
  • Experienced in using 3D modeling software, preferably CATIA.
  • Capable of manipulating engineering models and designs to determine assembly sequences and approach.
  • Experience in Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or related disciplines.
This team member will be a self-starter, with the ability to work independently and execute tasks under general direction, and the job will require multi-tasking and active engagement in the Production environment.

This engineer will serve as an interface between the Production organization and the Engineering community, ensuring that released engineering packages are producible and can be integrated into the Production environment.

  • Understand process improvement and technology insertion to improve the build process through Producibility and Cost Reduction initiatives.
  • Work in support of Production mechanics and supervisors looking for opportunities to improve the build processes, eliminate repetitive defects and drive out unnecessary cost.
  • Work with a great team of engineers, with ample hands-on opportunities, project management and engineering coordination tasks, and have a direct impact on program success.
What’s In It For You
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • Paid time off
  • Work/life balance
  • Career development
  • Mentorship opportunities
  • Rewards & recognition
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

This position is in Palmdale, CA, but is on site in Rosemond, CA Discover Palmdale.

This position offers a sign-on bonus of $15,000.00 for external candidates. If selected for this position, the sign-on bonus is subject to applicable taxes and will be processed and paid shortly after you begin employment with Lockheed Martin

MFGPE

Basic Qualifications:
  • Experience working with engineering blueprints or 3D models & specifications.
  • Experience with tooling, machining or fabrication.
  • Manufacturing experience in structural assembly.
Desired Skills:
  • Bachelor's degree (Mechanical Engineering, or other related technical degree)
  • Aircraft Component and Assembly/Build Floor support experience
  • Problem Solving Skills - Demonstrated ability to drive issues to closure and develop workaround plans or corrective action plans
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively with internal and cross functional teams; Production, IT, Facilities, Planning and Engineering
  • Robust MS Office skill set (Excel and MS Project)
  • AutoCAD or Catia V5 experience
  • Experience with lean manufacturing and process improvement
  • Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (ERP4C or SAP) in a manufacturing/production environment
  • Experience defining/selecting equipment requirements to support Engineering build
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with an investigation within 6 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in California or New York City is $70,500 - $132,800. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: 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, and Holidays.

This position is incentive plan eligible.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Engineering
Full Time
Onsite
Competitive
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