Applications Engineer Senior Staff - Level 5

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Who We Are

At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to new heights! From designing the most advanced air vehicles to developing next-generation production systems, our engineers live on the cutting-edge of technology. Never have the opportunities for a technical career been so limitless.

The Advanced Manufacturing Technology team comprises high‑performing subject matter experts in several manufacturing‑focused fields: Robotics Automation, Metrology, Advanced Materials, and Human‑Machine Collaboration. By fostering creativity, teamwork, and diverse perspectives, we leverage the latest technologies to unlock boundless potential and stay “Ahead of Ready,” making life easier and more productive for our production customers.

What’s In It For You

If you’re passionate about solving complex technical challenges, inventing new ways to improve manufacturing processes, and working with cutting‑edge technology, our Applications Engineering Senior Staff position may be a perfect fit for you. We explore everything from lasers and robots to advanced assembly and augmented reality in support of Aero’s complex production systems. Whether you thrive on prototyping innovations on the shop floor or managing the integration of novel technologies, Advanced Manufacturing Technology will help you hone critical skill sets that advance Lockheed Martin’s state of the art.

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Your Impact

In this role, you will make a direct impact on our customers and stakeholders by developing and integrating cutting‑edge manufacturing technologies that deliver novel capabilities and substantial cost savings across production systems. As a technical expert, you will influence every stage of the product life cycle—from design, development, testing, and implementation to the ongoing maintenance of advanced processes and business‑analytics tools. You will also be uniquely positioned to identify improvement opportunities, foster collaborative relationships with stakeholders, strengthen the overall team and site performance, and generate financial benefits for Lockheed Martin as a creative engineer on our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on complex automation, robotics, and mechanical systems.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance internally to AMT team members, and externally to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Enable understanding and achieve stakeholder alignment for complex concepts through strong technical communication.
• Engage in direct collaboration with shop‑floor personnel to prototype, test, and validate new technology concepts.
• Execute project‑management functions for technology development & deployment projects, including budget and schedule oversight, status reporting, and cost‑benefit analyses.

Gathers information concerning the capabilities of company products; investigates the technical capabilities of company products and competing equipment; stays abreast of developments in hardware and software; analyzes customer problems; assists in designing systems to satisfy customer needs. Prepares equipment analysis to instruct sales force and customers in equipment capabilities. May prepare and present sales proposals.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience

• Work experience in Applications, Manufacturing, Process, Robotics or other related Engineering field

• Experience in technical problem solving within manufacturing with exposure to prototyping new ideas

• Project management experience working with cross-functional teams

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and familiarity with advanced manufacturing concepts

• Strong mechanical aptitude and experience working with complex automated systems

• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills

• Experience using change management techniques with customers to achieve organizational objectives