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Program Quality Engineer Staff - E4

Lockheed Martin

Marietta, GAFull-time$105–195K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$105–195K/yr
Location
Marietta, GA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Program Quality Engineer Staff serves as Quality Lead for aerospace programs, integrating across business units and partnering with program management, engineering, operations, supply chain, IT, and quality teams. The role manages quality requirements throughout the program life cycle, including contract reviews, quality planning, assessments, risk reviews, and customer relationships. It also establishes quality budgets and supports corrective actions and program recovery plans.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

RCCAQuality Team LeadershipGovernment Customer RelationsSupplier DevelopmentCross-Functional CommunicationInspection MethodsVerification MethodsWork InstructionsQuality EngineeringQuality AssuranceInspectionTestingSupply Chain Management1LMX Tools3D Model SystemsProduct DesignManufacturing PlanningIndustrial AutomationWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationMentoringContinuous ImprovementOrganizationPrioritizationMicrosoft OfficeExcelPowerPointWordQuality Management SystemsAS9100ISO 9001Green BeltBlack Belt

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Discipline8+ Years Professional ExperienceAerospace Program Development CyclesClassified Program ExperienceQuality Team Leadership ExperienceUSAF or Government Customer ExperienceSupplier Development and Production ExperiencePrior Product Design ExperienceManufacturing Planning 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 position is a Quality Lead for a key ADP Skunk Works Programs what will integrate across multiple Business Units and drive the team to meet a wide variety of requirements working tightly with the Program Management Team, Integration with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production Operations, Supply Chain Management and Information Technology, and the various Quality organization members will be required to ensure a successful program outcome.

Manages the implementation and execution of program quality requirements. Responsible for all aspects of Quality across the programs life-cycle including proposals, contract review, start-up, development, transition to production, production and support. Requires an understanding of quality tasks across quality functions including hardware, software, systems and suppliers/subcontractors, and customers. Proficient in company policies. Partners with program teams as the Quality Lead for design, development, production and mobilization phases of program execution. Performs contract reviews and flows down contract quality requirements to quality team, including suppliers. Establishes quality budgets and cost commitments. Serves on the program area Risk and Opportunity Review Boards; nominates risks and opportunities. Ensures Quality Assurance Plans are documented and current and implemented. Schedules and ensures assessments of program (e.g. quality audits). Participates in independent program reviews to understand risks and drive Return to Green plans. Maintains a DCMA/Customer quality relationship. Establishes and maintains effective Quality Program Team business rhythm.

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience working several aerospace program development cycles on multiple aerospace programs including classified programs

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, with 8 years or more of professional experience

  • Strong RCCA knowledge and demonstrated ability to engage product and process errors with successful corrective actions

  • Experience leading quality teams in various assignments with an emphasis on new or legacy programs

  • Experience working with USAF and or Government Customers and DCMA

  • Serves as quality organization spokesperson on advanced programs

  • Acts as an advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications

  • Experience working with suppliers thru the development process and production environment

  • Demonstrated ability to work at all levels of the organization to lead quality effort and communicate across multi-functional stakeholders

  • Experience developing inspection/verification methods, work instructions, and procedures for manufactured and/or supplier-provided products with an emphasis on new programs

  • Prior product design, manufacturing planning, quality engineering/assurance, inspection, and test and/or supply chain management experience

  • Knowledge and experience with 1LMX tools understanding and usage, especially 3D model based systems

Desired Skills

  • Prior product design, manufacturing planning, industrial automation, quality engineering/assurance, and/or supply chain management experience

  • Strong technical, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interface with suppliers, customers, engineering, program leadership, and senior management

  • Prior experience mentor other quality engineers / inspectors and supporting continuous improvement efforts

  • Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to independently manage multiple complex assignments

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

  • Ability to travel to supplier locations if required

  • Working knowledge and practical application of Quality Management System requirements such as AS9100 and/or ISO 9001

  • Green Belt / Black belt / other formal continuous improvement training or certification

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $104900.00 - $194700.00

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 1,068 open Quality Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$105–195K/yr
  • US median$116–182K/yr599 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $150K, is close to the US median midpoint ($150K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineering salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 31 open Quality Engineering jobs in Georgia and 1,068 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Georgia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Quality Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (785 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 453 of the 1,068 open Quality Engineering jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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