Job Description

Job Description

You will be a Senior Quality Engineer for the PAC 3 Missile and Launcher Evolutionary Development and Transition to Production team. Our team is responsible for delivering cutting edge missile and launcher solutions that meet rigorous quality and performance standards.

What You Will Be Doing

As a Quality Engineer you will be responsible for leading quality initiatives across the development program, partnering with engineering, manufacturing, subcontracting, program management, suppliers, and the customer to ensure quality objectives are met throughout development, testing, and transition to production.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Developing program plans and performing Product Development Process assessments.
• Implementing and tracking quality requirements and development process requirements, conducting design reviews and process assessments, reducing design and process risk, and driving closure of non conformances during product development.
• Root cause investigations and coordinating corrective actions to prevent test failures, ensure manufacturability, meet development process requirements and schedule deadlines, and enable a seamless transition to production.
• Support engineering with development of Standard Operating Procedures for development builds and testing, and reviewing process records to confirm compliance to requirements.
• Providing technical liaison for quality engineering matters, including support of engineering prototype builds and testing, product qualification, process qualification, etc...
• Collaborate with cross-functional peers to ensure all quality requirements are proactively worked and completed in a timely fashion with precision.
• Material Review Board activities and driving closure of nonconformance documents.
• Supporting failure investigations and contributing to Corrective Action Board.
• Earned Value Control Account Management.
• Preparing program presentations for senior leaders and customers, and contributing to strategic quality initiatives.

Why Join Us

We are seeking a collaborative, forward thinking professional who thrives in a fast paced, mission critical environment. This role offers high visibility, direct impact on national defense programs, and the opportunity to shape quality strategy for a premier missile system.

We are committed to supporting your work life balance and overall well being, offering flexible scheduling options. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity

This position is in Dallas. Discover more about our Dallas, Texas location.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance. A company sponsored interim secret clearance is required to start.

Basic Qualifications

-Bachelors degree or higher in STEM, or equivalent years of experience.

-Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

-Ability to travel up to 25%.

-Demonstrated understanding of AS9100 Quality Management Systems.

-Experience in product development, design for manufacturing, and transition to production.

-Experience with manufacturing of electrical/electronic hardware and electro-mechanical assemblies.

-Demonstrated understanding of IPC standards (IPC-A-600, etc…) and experience inspecting and troubleshooting electrical/electronic hardware and electro-mechanical assemblies.

-Quality experience with the use of inspection/measuring/testing equipment/gages and calibration.

-Ability to interpret drawings and specifications and industry standards.

-Experience with control and disposition of non-conforming product.

-Quality experience working with Engineering in prototype labs.

-Experience in developing and reviewing quality requirements, procedures, control plans, and work instructions.

-Demonstrated understanding of procedure/process assessment and product audit techniques.

-Experience with root cause investigation, corrective action, and preventive action using tools like 8D, 5-Why, Fault Tree, FMEA, Standard Work, Control Plans, etc… and ability to collaboratively solve problems for improving designs and manufacturing processes.

-Strong project management skills, with demonstrated ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.

-SAP and APRISO experience.

-Experience working with US Government Department of War customers.

Desired skills

-Bachelors degree or higher in STEM.

-Certifications: ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA), Lean Six Sigma, MRBQ.

-Experience with performing First Article Inspections to AS9102 requirements.

-Experience performing Design/Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (D/PFMEA).

-Windchill / Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system experience.

-Tableau or other data analytics software experience.

-Strong familiarity with Production Operations.

-Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

-Experience with Additive Manufacturing.

-Earned Value Management System Control Account Manager (CAM) certification.

-Familiar with requirements for handling and control of Government Furnished Equipment/Property.

-Effective inclusive interpersonal skills, including team building, risk identification, collaboration, problem solving, and presentations in hybrid working environments (remote and in office).

-Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Subcontracting, Program Management, Finance, suppliers, customers, and all other stakeholders.

-Proficient with Microsoft apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint.

EEO

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

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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.

Other Important Information

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

Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Work Schedule Information

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.

Security Clearance Information

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $81,600 - $143,865. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. 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.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $93,800 - $162,610. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. 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.