The Airframe Design Engineering organization is seeking a highly motivated individual with an engineering degree and related experience to fill the role of Airframe Design Engineer in the area of airframe design. The selected candidate will be involved in developing basic data, preliminary design layouts and detail design for new and revised parts, assemblies and systems that make up helicopter fuselage primary and secondary structures. This involves working as part of an multi-disciplinary team. Designs major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced protoype, promotional or specific products. Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development. Makes layouts of assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products. Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers. Selected candidate will participate in development and presentation of design proposals, detail design and support through the product lifecycle. Layouts and drawings will be prepared using CATIA 3Dx/V6. Composite design will utilize the CATIA CPD tool. Occasional travel may be required to support suppliers, customer meetings and reviews, as well as aircraft build support and test.
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree, with 7 years of professional experience; or 5 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
10 years of related experience.
Experience in design of rotorcraft airframe structures and design of commerical aircraft completions options.
Proficiency in CATIA V5/V6 or equivalent CAD system is required.
Experience in Cameo for requirements development and system modeling.
Proficient in design of composite airframe structure and use of composite ply development tools such as CPD.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
Proficient in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing.
Technical drawing/drafting skills.
Experience in model based engineering.
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GeoZone Definition: GeoZones are geographic groupings created by Lockheed Martin to align compensation ranges with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States. Locations are assigned a Geo Zone based on the primary work location of the role.
- Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 1): $131100.00 - $243500.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Sunnyvale CA; Pal Alto, CA; New York City metropolitan area; Newark, New Jersey; etc.
- Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 2): $118000.00 - $219100.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Denver, CO; King of Prussia, PA; Stratford, CT; Moorestown, NJ; etc.
- Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 3): $104900.00 - $194700.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Dallas–Fort Worth, TX; Orlando, FL; Grand Prairie, TX; Marietta, GA; etc.
- Full-time salary range (GEOZONE 4): $94400.00 - $175200.00
- Includes metropolitan areas such as Camden, AR; Lexington, KY; Lufkin, TX; etc.
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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, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or an equivalent degree
- 7 years of professional experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 5 years with a related master’s degree
- Proficiency in CATIA V5, CATIA V6, or an equivalent CAD system
- Experience designing rotorcraft airframe structures
- Experience designing commercial aircraft completion options
- Experience with Cameo for requirements development and system modeling
- Proficiency in composite airframe structure design and composite ply development tools such as CPD
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Technical drawing and drafting skills
- Experience in model-based engineering
- 10 years of related experience
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