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Opto-Mechanical Engineer Associate - Early Career

Lockheed Martin
United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Jun 2026
💰 $119,830/yr($60,200/yr$119,830/yr)

About the role

Security Clearance

Top Secret

Shift

First

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Business Area

Space

Department

73G0A00:Optical

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Job Code/Title

EE021:Opto-Mechanical Engr Asc

Job Class

Mechanical Engineering

Job Category

4 yr and up College

Program

JLWS

Req Type

Full-Time

Job Description

At Lockheed Martin we 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 career opportunities designed to propel development 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. This is a place for engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers who are ready to engage deeply, think critically, and build with purpose. You will not just launch a career. You will be part of something bigger. This is where the best are built

 
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
 
Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

The Optical Talent Center at Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an Opto-Mechanical Engineer to provide design support for optical payloads.

We are looking for someone to join our team with the guidance of senior engineers, and to collaborate and contribute across the design team. You will play a key role in design and development work on a variety of passive, active, and directed energy optical payloads, which present a diverse range of challenges.

We are looking for a colleague with strong written and oral communication skills to present to a variety of audiences. Strong quantitative skills will also be key to success, with the ability to apply them to the formidable mechanical challenges of precision optical payload subsystems.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering, physics, optical sciences, or related field.
• US citizenship and the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance

Desired skills

• Experience with specification development, vendor interface, parts selection, and/or configuration control
•0-2 years of experience with developing mechanical solutions for optical payloads or working with related precision mechanisms and some optical experience
• Industry or laboratory experience with electro-optical systems including or related to remote sensing systems, astronomical telescopes, lasers, and laboratory optical diagnostic instrumentation
• Proposal writing experience
• Basis of Estimate, Cost estimation experience, to include cost volume/section support on a proposal and/or program baseline establishment
• Possession of, or current background investigation that supports a TS/SCI/Poly clearance

State

California, Colorado

Zip

80027, 94089

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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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