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Manufacturing Engineer Associate - E1

Lockheed Martin

Lexington, KYFull-time$52–97K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$52–97K/yr
Location
Lexington, KY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Manufacturing Engineer Associate supports ground platforms on the SOF GLSS contract. The role interprets design drawings and part requirements to determine materials, equipment, and processes, and develops fabrication routers, work instructions, and bills of materials. It also provides production guidance, collaborates with design on unclear data, and helps develop and improve manufacturing processes, layouts, and digital work instructions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Design Drawing InterpretationInitiativeMinimal SupervisionSAPTeamcenter EngineeringProduction EngineeringProduction OperationsAircraft IntegrationLean Six SigmaBlueprint Reading

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or RelatedProduction Environment Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Standard Job Description

This role is to support the ground platforms on the SOF GLSS contract.

In this role, the candidate will use knowledge of reading design drawings to interpret and determine the correct material to order. The candidate will analyze the part requirements and determine the appropriate equipment and processes to use to develop fabrication routers/work instructions and Bills of Materials based on the design data.

The candidate with be expected to provide guidance to production personnel when assistance is needed to interpret the design intent. The candidate will be expected to work with design when data is either not clear or not complete.

Performs in a collaborative environment to develop and implement manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, fabrication, and material handling. Drives adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement. Creates and analyzes 3D based model data environment to optimize manufacturing process and digital work instructions. Leverages understanding of materials and automatic processes to define operations procedures and build sequences to drive operational excellence. Evaluates performance (including IoT devices, etc.) of equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure operational excellence. Leverages factory data to develop statistical process control approaches and integrates reporting and data analytics solutions for continuous improvement. Provides input to product design regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in electrical enginering or engineering related discipline.

Experience in a production environment.

Initiative to learn and work with minimal supervision.

Desired Skills

SAP experience

TeamCenter Engineering experience

Production Engineering experience

Production Operations experience

Aircraft integration experience

Experience with Lean Six Sigma practices

Blue Print reading and drawing interpretation

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $52400.00 - $97400.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

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.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,455 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$52–97K/yr
  • Kentucky median$93–150K/yr30 salary ranges
  • US median$97–143K/yr3,123 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $75K, is 37% below the Kentucky median midpoint ($118K) — in the lowest quarter of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in Kentucky.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 91 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Kentucky and 5,455 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kentucky
Experience
Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (4,337 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,110 of the 5,455 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (57%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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