Tool Engineer Asc - E1
Fort Worth, TXFull-time$58–108K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Tool Engineer Asc supports aircraft assembly manufacturing by analyzing process issues, constraints, and cost drivers, and by helping improve and standardize assembly processes. The role contributes to best-practice development and implementation of standard work, and plans, develops, and integrates technologies, processes, tools, and equipment to address manufacturing and assembly challenges. Intermittent travel to other Lockheed Martin facilities and production partners may be required.
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Full job description
Standard Job Description
Designs, develops and implements industrial machinery and equipment, tools, dies, gauges, jigs, fixtures, prototype model production and machine attachments required for production or experimental use, considering such factors as accessibility, economy, mobility, and performance requirements. May use CAD/CAM to design tools.
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Position will research and analyze manufacturing issues, constraints, and cost drivers associated with hole preparation and other manufacturing processes, tools and equipment associated with aircraft assembly.
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The successful candidate will assist with improvement or standardization efforts associated with all phases of aircraft assembly processes and will interface with other support team and production team members as required.
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Candidate will also assist as needed efforts and actions associated with the identification or development of "best practices" associated with hole preparation and other common aircraft assembly processes, tools and equipment and drive the implementation of standard work minimizing SRR and other costs.
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Typical responsibilities include, planning, developing, and integrating new technologies, processes, tools and equipment to resolve technical manufacturing and assembly challenges.
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Intermittent travel may be required to support other LM facilities including domestic and international production partners.
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Perform other duties as required.
Basic Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience combined with education.
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Basic knowledge of, or demonstrated experience with, manufacturing and assembly processes or applications.
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Demonstrated creative approach to technical problem solving.
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Experience with Microsoft Office/365.
Desired Skills
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Demonstrated ability to work individually and within a teaming environment.
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Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills among peers and through various levels of management.
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Demonstrated excellent problem solving skills and effective communication skills to interface with other engineering, technical support and build team personnel.
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Knowledge of aircraft assembly, quality control, GD&T, and common hole preparation processes is a plus!
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $58200.00 - $108200.00
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.
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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.
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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 5,644 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$58–108K/yr
- Texas median$85–132K/yr163 salary ranges
- US median$97–143K/yr3,205 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $83K, is 26% below the Texas median midpoint ($112K) — in the lowest quarter of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 495 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Texas and 5,644 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
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- 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 (4,449 postings).
- Education
- 3,161 of the 5,644 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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