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We are experiencing growth and we are looking for a Mechanical Design Senior Engineer for the Legion Pod Sensor team.
What You Will Be Doing:
As the Mechanical Engineering Designer Sr, you will be responsible for supporting the Integrated Product Team in creating detailed designs, layouts, and drawings for various components and subassemblies. You will play a key role in developing and generating CREO layouts, detailed drawings, and design documentation, ensuring seamless collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and generating CREO layouts and detailed drawings for ICDs, components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and integration test articles
- Building BOMs, creating parts, assemblies, and design documentation within Windchill PLM
- Coordinating with the IPT team, suppliers, GSC, electronic packaging, optics, and structural/thermal/material analysts to ensure design excellence
- Managing drawing releases, responding to CRs, generating CN's, and presenting/supporting change boards and design reviews
- Performing design trade studies to evaluate cost, weight, performance, and structural/thermal benefits
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering is required with a minimum of 5 years of releveant experience.
- Experience with CAD systems, perferably CREO (Pro/Engineer) and PTC Windchill.
- Experience with creating engineering drawings in accordance with ASME Y14.100 is required.
- Basic understanding interpreting and developing GD&T in accordance with ASME Y14.5 is required.
- Needs ability to obtain/maintain a secret clearance. US citizenship required.
- Previous precision mechanical or opto-mechanical experience is highly desirable.
- Previous casting or metal AM experience is highly desirable.
- Previous Model Based Design (MRB) experience in a production setting is desirable.
- Prior experience with Targeting sensors.
- Active Secret Clearance.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00
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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, 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 or aerospace engineering
- At least 5 years of relevant experience
- Experience with CAD systems, preferably CREO Pro/Engineer and PTC Windchill
- Experience creating engineering drawings according to ASME Y14.100
- Basic understanding of interpreting and developing GD&T according to ASME Y14.5
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
- US citizenship
- Precision mechanical or opto-mechanical experience
- Casting or metal additive manufacturing experience
- Model Based Design or MRB experience in a production setting
- Targeting sensor experience
- Active Secret clearance
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