This high-visibility role will collaborate across MFC and broader Lockheed Martin organizations to advance manufacturing capabilities and share best practices. You will lead multidisciplinary technical efforts, mentor engineers, and contribute to automation standards, technology roadmaps, and reusable engineering solutions. You will develop technical scope, cost estimates, schedules, and resource requirements; track project progress; and communicate technical risks and tradeoffs to stakeholders and leadership. You will also provide technical oversight of suppliers and robotic system integrators, including requirements definition, proposal evaluation, design reviews, and acceptance testing.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field/experience.
Experience developing and deploying industrial automation or robotic systems in a manufacturing environment.
Proficiency in robot programming, controls integration, and troubleshooting automated equipment.
Experience translating manufacturing needs into system requirements and executing system design, integration, testing, and production deployment.
Demonstrated ability to independently resolve complex technical problems and lead multidisciplinary engineering efforts as an individual contributor.
Strong technical communication and collaboration skills, including developing documentation and communicating project status, risks, and tradeoffs.
Desired Skills
Experience with industrial and collaborative robots, including platforms such as FANUC, ABB, KUKA, or Universal Robots.
Experience with PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, and equipment interfaces, particularly Allen-Bradley or Siemens platforms.
Experience integrating machine vision, sensors, end-of-arm tooling, and material-handling systems into automated manufacturing cells.
Familiarity with AI-enabled motion planning, robotic simulation, offline programming, or digital twin technologies.
Knowledge of robotic safety standards, risk assessments, and safeguarding practices; experience in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
Experience mentoring engineers, evaluating suppliers and system integrators, and developing technical proposals, cost estimates, and project schedules.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $104900.00 - $194700.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: 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, and Long-Term Disability.
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
