Skunk Works - Manufacturing Engineer Staff

Job ID : 710451BR Date posted : Nov. 12, 2025

Description : Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, home of the world-renowned Skunk Works, turns visionary aircraft into reality and is known for building the finest military aircraft in the world. This recognition is continually earned through our commitment to relentless research and development of high-performance aircraft, continuously seeking innovative, low-cost design and manufacturing strategies, and delivering operational readiness for our customers' missions to ensure continued relevancy for the life cycle of our products.

In this role, you will immediately impact the business with your ingenuity, creativity, and ideas that will be the catalyst for future business. If you are craving an opportunity where you are invited to be passionate, push the envelope, and think outside of the box, this opportunity with our Skunk Works may be just for you. We ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready.

As a Manufacturing Engineer in Skunk Works, you will play a critical role as liaison between our design engineering teams and the elite women and men responsible for building tomorrow's future in an advanced manufacturing and technology facility. You will work amongst a team of specialized and professional engineers to lead producibility reviews, develop manufacturing plans, and guide work instructions generation to directly support the shop floor.

Our team is in development, and there will be an expectation to develop, shape, and document processes for manufacturing engineering standard work. You will also mentor early career engineers on the discipline. We work cross functionally and engage other organizations as needed to support our common program goals.

This position is in Marietta, GA Discover Marietta.

This role may require infrequent travel, extended hours, and possible weekend / off-hour support. We work full time on site. Our team supports programs that may require additional special access in addition to a DoD Secret clearance. This is required prior to start.

Key duties for this position include :

Work in parallel with design engineering, quality engineering, supply chain organizations, and production operations.

Create 3D manufacturing simulations to drive efficiency throughout the build of our product, perform clash detections, and sequence assembly tasks for the lifecycle of the program.

Review critical designs and provide design for manufacturability feedback of all 3D engineering models to reduce cost and positively impact performance at suppliers across the country.

Design factory product and process flows using 6S methodologies to optimize production operations activities.

Create Manufacturing Engineering Statement of Work contractual requirements.

Collaborate and contribute on the design of DA tooling.

Drive collaboration and discussions around producibility and design for cost.

Own Capital Planning forecast for the assigned effort.

Basic Qualifications :

STEM Bachelor's degree.

Direct Experience with Production Operations and / or Engineering and / or Production Engineering.

Experience in Aerospace / Space sector.

Active DoD Clearance with an Investigation within the last 5 years AND the ability to obtain and maintain special program access per business requirements.

3D Modeling experience in 3DX / CATIA V5 / V6 / SolidWorks or other model based software.

Desired Skills :

7+ plus years experience.

Aerospace Structures experience, design preferred.

Experience defining and reviewing facilities requirements for production operations.

Experience defining and reviewing tooling concepts.

Experience with Interchangeable / Replaceable requirements.

Experience with program start-ups with Manufacturing / Assembly / Production processes.

Composites manufacturing experience.

Project management experience.

Atlassian Confluence and JIRA experience.

Experience with Root Cause and Corrective Action, and FMEA.

Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, and set up production work cells and facility layout changes.

Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative environment or independently to solve problems in a timely manner.

Demonstrated understanding of engineering blueprints, process specifications, manufacturing planning, and developing work instructions.

Ability to effectively present technical information to non-technical people.

Demonstrated ability to drive issues to closure and develop workaround plans or corrective action plans.

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

Clearance Level : Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest : 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 Schedules : 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.

Schedule for this Position : 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

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.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Experience Level : Experienced Professional

Business Unit : AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Relocation Available : Possible

Career Area : Manufacturing

Type : Full-Time

Shift : First