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Mechanical Engineering Asc Mgr - Structural Analysis
8/21/26
Standard Job Description
As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.
The successful leader will manage and direct the FBM Missile Flight Sciences Structural model development effort focusing on stress or dynamics. This leader is responsible for leading the Structural team in support of FBM Missile Programs, including Life Extension 2, Common Missile Compartment, Production and Deployed Systems Support, and Payload Integration. The leader will define and obtain the necessary data to refine their team's models as well as ensuring the efforts are detail planned in Integrated Master Schedules. The lead will provide technical expertise for program problem resolution and for program technical oversight and review, and ensure that Engineering Standards, and best practices and tools are applied. The leader interfaces regularly with LM Senior Management, customer counterparts in Strategic Systems Programs and Strategic Programs Flight (SPF), and LM/Strategic Programs (SP) working groups. The leader must exhibit full spectrum leadership attributes and demonstrate a strong aptitude for inclusiveness and strategic thinking. The leader will maintain/grow the technical expertise of this group and is responsible for all aspects of talent management, including training, professional and career development, performance assessments, promotions, and compensation. The leader will collaborate extensively with LM Programs and other Space Engineering functional organizations to ensure program staffing requirements are met, effective and timely. This position will require the ability to effectively work with teams across multiple sites.
The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:
Manages the research, planning, design and development of 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. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Directs application of research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.
Basic Qualifications
• Strong foundation and experience in one or more structural flight science - Loads & Dynamics and/or Stress disciplines with demonstrated ability to work with modeling tools appropriate to flight science discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading an analysis team in the support of major reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience maintaining a detailed program schedule and resource forecasting
• The successful candidate should have demonstrated ability to organize and lead a group of engineering personnel
• Active or Current Final Secret Clearance with the Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance; US citizenship required
Desired Skills
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Prior experience as a CAM and have demonstrated ability to plan, propose, and coordinate work and personnel across multiple work locations
and organizational structures
• Experience using Jira, MS Project, or similar tools to plan and track to schedules
• FBM technical experience to include working knowledge of the D5LE system and Strategic Weapon Systems (SWS) technical branches
• Demonstrated Full Spectrum Leadership attributes
• Risk and opportunity experience with an understanding of continuous improvement concepts
• Experience leading the development and implementation of new analysis tools and processes
• Ability to effectively communicate, resolve issues and deliver presentations to a diverse set of customers regarding complex technical issues
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong cross-organization relationships
• Active Top Secret clearance
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00
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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.
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