Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM) is one of Lockheed Martin’s best-in-class lines of business that prioritizes partnership, integrity, and reliability. Ordnance Engineering is an organization within FBM that handles the design, production support, test and sustainment of the missile explosive hardware.
As a Ordnance Engineer, you will be expected to collaborate well in a environment and have excellent communication skills. Additionally, in this role, you will have numerous opportunities to represent the Ordnance group with our Navy partner and LM leadership, with many opportunities for career development along the way.
In this role you will support the engineering team by performing preliminary and detailed level component and system design, development, and integration for flight as well as ground systems.
Your duties will include responsibility for the design, manufacture, procurement, analysis and test for the initiation system, separation, and mechanism ordnance and propulsion components, assemblies and systems. This job requires coordinating with customers, suppliers, test facilities, and other related fields including manufacturing, test, quality, structure design, analysis, systems engineering, and integration with affected subsystems and facilities. Other duties may include:
•Support Ordnance and Propulsion Subsystem Integration
•Assist on the conceptual development, requirements definition, and design of ordnance and propulsion components
•Perform requalification of production and test operations
•Develop product performance specifications, statements of work, and supplier data requirements for components
•Maintain engineering drawings, specifications, and technical analyses to support systems and components
•Ability to work on a multi-disciplined team performing detailed design/analysis activity.
•Provide user documentation and recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and design review.
The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:
Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.
US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
Bachelors degree from an accredited college in Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related discipline
Experience with 3D modelling
•Experience writing and negotiating FBM specifications.
•Experience with system or component level reviews - especially with FBM
•Experience with mechanical hardware and systems
•Understanding of ordnance and propulsion engineering principals
•Experience with FBM processes and documentation
•Experience in problem investigations, particularly with small ordnance
•Experience with ordnance system integration
•Knowledge of Geometric Design & Tolerancing (GD&T)
•Hands on hardware experience
•Experience with manufacture and/or testing of ordnance hardware
•Experience with requirement definition, documentation and verification
Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $65500.00 - $121700.00
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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
- US citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college
- Experience with 3D modeling
- Experience writing and negotiating FBM specifications
- Experience with system or component-level reviews, especially for FBM
- Experience with mechanical hardware and systems
- Understanding of ordnance and propulsion engineering principles
- Experience with FBM processes and documentation
- Experience investigating problems, particularly involving small ordnance
- Experience with ordnance system integration
- Knowledge of GD&T
- Hands-on hardware experience
- Experience manufacturing or testing ordnance hardware
- Experience with requirements definition, documentation, and verification
- Proficiency in AI prompting as applied to the position and practice
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