Manufacturing Engineer at Lockheed Martin in Titusville, FL

Standard Job Description

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Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer at the STAR Center Titusville, Florida to plan and author procedures for the Orion Spacecraft Elements Team and provide floor support for a Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) / mechanical / electrical environment.

The applicant will perform specific duties to include, but are not limited to:
• Performs various duties including creating and/or developing manufacturing work
instructions.
• Determines the sequence of build, selecting or designing required tools, and solves production
problems during the build of mechanical/electrical piece parts and assemblies.
• Assists in investigating design/manufacturing factors such as equipment or part availability,
manufacturability, ease of assembly, and large assembly management.
• Develops and maintains all assembly documentation.
• Troubleshoot/correct anomalies and discrepant hardware.
• Performs producibility reviews on engineering designs/drawings to assess manufacturability,
ease of assembly, and material availability.
• Routinely interfaces with program personnel and reports project status to leadership.
• Ability to work 2nd & 3rd shift, as needed, during surge support.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Plans, implements, tests, documents, and maintains solutions for the integration and testing of in-house developed and COTS/GOTS components, elements, subsystems and/or systems. Synthesizes customer contractual needs and requirements into system test solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints. Establishes functional and technical specifications and standards, solves hardware/software interface problems, defines input/output parameters, and ensures integration of the entire system or subsystem. Reviews, evaluates and derives requirements for testability, develops and directs preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for complete systems and/or subsystems. Coordinates subsystem and/or system testing activities with programs and other organizations. Performs analysis of test results and prepares comprehensive subsystem and/or system level evaluation reports which verify and validate system performance. Writes discrepancy reports and performs integration regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes to software, components, subsystems and systems.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in Engineering (Mechanical / Aerospace / Electrical / Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering preferred).
• Experienced in the review of engineering drawings.
• Experience and understanding of configuration management practices and databases such as
Windchill, EPDM, or similar.
• Willingness and ability to work 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift, as needed in the event of a production surge.
• Experience and understanding of SAP / Apriso / Manufacturing Execution System or similar supporting software for generating manufacturing work instructions, and engineering/manufacturing bill of materials.
• Experience with technical reading, writing and analyzing procedures and reports.
• Must be a U.S Citizen.

Desired Skills

• Advanced Skills in the Microsoft Office software suite.
• Familiarity with Lockheed Martin Space Systems system tools (Automation Framework, EPDM) or industry equivalent.
• Experience with CAD/CAM software such as CreoParametric, CreoView, EdgeCAM, Delmia.
• Experience with structural installations.
• Experience with electrical, structural, avionics, and mechanism installations.
• Experience in the review of engineering drawings and as a floor liaison.
• Experience in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
• CNC knowledge.
• Knowledge of production manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Experience in a test and requirements verification environment.
• Experience in Space Vehicle (SV) Test Operations including the test development process, test execution, data analysis, and anomaly resolution.
• Ability to maintain process discipline in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to grow and seek new challenges.
• Demonstrated basic understanding of systems thinking skills and behaviors.
• Demonstrated experience in Assembly operations/Test operations.
• Demonstrated technical writing and communication skills with experience writing system level test plans,