Opto-Mechanical Engineer Senior

Standard Job Description

The Optical Talent Center within Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer to be a Certified Principle Engineering (CPE) delegate for the structural design of an optical payload.

What You’ll Do

Own & Drive: Be responsible for the structural component hardware deliverables of an optical payload under general guidance of the Structural CPE.

Design, Analysis & Validation: Support Structural design updates and changes as needed though modeling, trade studies, inspection and/or testing. Provide verification of these changes to ensure that the design continues to meet system requirements.

Production & hardware Processing: Support assembly, integration and test operations on the production floor as related to the structural design of an optical payload. Support the Structures CPE with evaluating and dispositioning any nonconforming hardware at both the piece part and/or assembly level.

Cross-Functional Integration: Work closely with stress, thermal, optical, electrical, test, and system engineers, as well as payload managers and program stakeholders, to ensure system requirements for the Structural design and hardware deliverables are met.

What You Bring

Technical Expertise: Proven track record working with complex mechanical designs and hardware.

Leadership Ability: Experience owning and leading tasks and driving them to closure with minimal direction.

Effective Communicator: Exceptional written and oral communication skills; comfortable preparing and delivering clear technical briefings, design reviews, and status reports to technical and non-technical audiences, ranging from peers to senior leadership and external partners.

Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to tackle challenges in precision alignment and mounting of optical components, assemblies, and systems under demanding performance and schedule constraints.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering experience with complex mechanical hardware design, assembly, integration and test.
• Experience with standard Mechanical CAD tools such as CREO, Solidworks, or similar.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security clearance; US Citizenship required.

Desired Skills

• Bachelors or advance degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Optical Sciences, or related field.
• Experience in the aerospace and/or defense industry.Experience with Electro-Optical (EO) payloads and/or systems.
• Understanding of specification verification and validation.
• Experience as a delegate Certified Principle Engineer (CPE) and/or Certified Test Conductor (CTC)
• Experience with Material Review Boards (MRB)
• Hands-on hardware experience with demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and respond to problems during assembly, integration and test.
• Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.