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Manufacturing Engineer - Early Career

Lockheed Martin
King of Prussia, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Feb 2026
💰 $109,365/yr($54,900/yr$109,365/yr)

About the role

Security Clearance

Secret

Shift

First

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Business Area

Space

Department

84AYA00:OME SMD

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Job Code/Title

E1621:Manufacturing Engineer Asc

Job Class

Manufacturing

Job Category

4 yr and up College

Program

Griffin

Req Type

Full-Time

Job Description

By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, 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 diverse 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. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a early career Manufacturing Engineer to join our Production Support Engineering Team in King of Prussia, PA! The successful candidate will have experience and/or knowledge of the following: manufacturing practices and methods for mechanical assembly, vehicle assembly, electromechanical assembly, electrical assembly, and/or cable/harness assembly; reading and interpreting drawings, schematics, and specifications; knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and techniques; the ability to read, interpret, and apply basic GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing) principles.

Summary of Key Duties for this position:

• You will design manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for mechanical assemblies and electromechanical assemblies.
• You will provide producibility inputs and feedback to design engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements.
• You will write production plans, inspect and assess defective hardware, and optimize production flows to meet program deliverables.
• You will communicate with shop floor personnel to implement process improvements and gain efficiencies.
• You will support Production Control in prioritizing work in process to meet program delivery schedules.
• You will analyze shop performance, and support Quality Assurance in root cause analysis and corrective actions for process-related defects.
• You will support development and production of weapon systems.
• Travel may be required.
• Weekend or off-hour support may be required to support production schedules.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or similar from an accredited college or university.
• Understanding of manufacturing or production processes
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply basic GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing) principles
• This position requires special access to support the program and requires the selected candidate to be a US Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Desired skills

• Active Secret security clearance is desired.
• Experience operating in an aerospace or defense production environment.
• Working understanding of mechanical assembly processes, methodologies, and equipment.
• Experience reading engineering drawings and analyzing design documentation.
• Demonstrated understanding of lean manufacturing techniques and principles as well as work measurements and labor standards.
• Experience with high-mix production operations.
• Experience developing rework instructions, repair directions, or flow alteration records.
• Experience in SAP is a plus.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office.

State

Pennsylvania

Zip

19406

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

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