Manufacturing/Material Engineer Sr - Level 3

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Our facility in Sunnyvale, CA has an immediate opportunity for a level 3 Manufacturing Engineer to join our mission

Summary of key duties for this position:

• Plans all aspects of paint, coatings and chemical conversion applications.

• Reviews engineering drawings and specifications, writes work instructions and supports coatings application.

• Troubleshoots issues with industrial and/or lab equipment.

• Works closely with shop supervision, technicians, MRP controllers, production leads and program to ensure successful hardware fabrication.

• Works around chemical processes and wears appropriate PPE in that environment.

• Maintains awareness of daily/weekly tasks/assignments to deliver products within budgetary and schedule constraints.

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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

• Knowledge of paint and metal coating processes in an aerospace manufacturing environment .

• Understanding of procedures, work instructions, technical writing or similar with technical publications.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of material, schematics, and specifications.

• Must be a United States citizen and be able to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Desired Skills

Degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, manufacturing engineering or related discipline from an accredited college/university

Active TS/SCI clearance

Experience with root cause analysist for defect determination.

Experience with DFx (i.e. design for manufacturing, design to cost, design to schedule, design for assembly, etc.).

Experience troublehsooting equipment to ensure operational uptime.

Knowledge and use of statisical process control software like Truechem or similar.

Computer skills including MS Office software, and SAP/VECAMS/Apriso (or other MRP/Work Instruction software).

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $106600.00 - $198000.00

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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.

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