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Staff Tool Engineer / Tool Design / GD&T - Troy, AL

Lockheed Martin

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$47.93-95.54 /h
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Troy, AL
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Job Description

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Job Overview:

Job Description

You will be the Senior Tool Engineer / Tool Design / GD&T for the Pike County Operations (PCO) team. Our team is responsible for creating innovative solutions to manufacture missile components and final assemblies, ensuring compliance with government regulations and company standards.


What You Will Be Doing


As the Senior Tool Engineer / Tool Design / GD&T you will be responsible for designing, fabricating, and implementing special tools and fixtures that enable missile assembly and test operations.


Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:



  • Collaborate with missile designers, production operations, and stakeholders to conceptualize and design special tools and fixtures

  • Create detailed tool design CAD models and drawings using PTC Creo and CATIA V5

  • Provide shop floor support to resolve tooling, technical, and manufacturing related issues

  • Ensure compliance with government regulations, company command media, industrial safety, and engineering requirements


Why Join Us


The ideal candidate is a collaborative, results‑driven engineer with deep expertise in GD&T and tool design, who thrives in a fast‑paced missile development environment. This role offers the chance to shape critical tooling that directly impacts mission success and to work alongside top engineers across disciplines.


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 Troy. Discover more about our Troy, Alabama location.


MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must possess an active Secret clearance to start.


Basic Qualifications

Mechanical Engineering degree or a related technical discipline at the Bachelor level or above from an accredited college.

A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Tool Design OR 4 years of professional experience in Tool Design with a GD&T Certification

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance. Lockheed Martin will assist selected candidate with obtaining at least an Interim Secret Clearance prior to starting.

Must be able to pass a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) background investigation to obtain “employee possessor” approval (of explosives or other ATF-regulated items) as defined by ATF regulations. Failure to obtain and retain employee possessor status may result in revocation of an offer and loss of employment.

Desired skills

Must have a complete understanding of drafting methods and a proven track record of creating 3D CAD models and engineering drawings of various tools, support equipment, and factory equipment.

CREO / Pro-E experience with a focus on tooling, taking a concept through to final design and fabrication.

Hands-on mechanical assembly skills with building / assembling hardware, and the ability to clear verbal & written communicate skills, the ability to provide clear direction to all levels of education.

Experience with manufacturing processes (electronic, mechanical, optical assemblies), GD&T, precision machining, assembly sequences.

Experience with Systems, Applications & Products (SAP) and Windchill PLM.

GD&T certification

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

Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

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 $99,700 - $175,835. 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 $114,700 - $198,720. 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.