Design Support Engineer

About the Role

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a full-time Early Career Design Support Engineer. This role involves evaluating design factors on aircraft retrofit and production engineering designs, 3-D models, and drawings.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and investigate pertinent design factors on aircraft retrofit and production engineering design, 3-D models, and drawings.
• Identify design compatibility errors and verify all features are of one interpretation, complete, and adequate for downstream users.
• Ensure the engineering design, models/drawings, and related data meet all contractual, company, and program requirements.
• Designs major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced prototype, promotional, or specific products.
• Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.
• Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposals.
• Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.
• Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development.
• Makes layouts of assemblies and detail parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products.
• Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to work in a model centric environment.
• Must be efficient with PC operations and MS Office Suite.
• This position will require a government security clearance.
• This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• Familiar with CATIA, SolidWorks, or other CAD applications.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Familiar with reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Very detail oriented with good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced team environment.

Pay Information

• Full-Time Salary Range: $58,200.00 - $108,200.00

Benefits

• 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.
• Long-Term Disability.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered.