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Ordinance Engineer Sr

Lockheed Martin

Courtland, ALFull-time$85–158K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$85–158K/yr
Location
Courtland, AL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an Ordinance Engineer Sr for its Conventional Prompt Strike program. The role serves as an ordinance Certified Principal Engineering delegate and onsite point of contact for flight production and manufacturing workflow. The engineer develops specifications and design solutions, reviews requirements, supports production and anomaly resolution, evaluates supplier procurement, and presents analysis and recommendations to engineering teams, customers, and program personnel.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Explosives EngineeringOrdinance DesignOrdinance TestingPropulsion Component DevelopmentSystem IntegrationCommunicationPresentationInterpersonal SkillsCross-Functional CollaborationDesign for ManufacturabilitySupply Chain ManagementSubcontract ManagementAnomaly ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisAIAA S-113Manufacturing ProductionAerospace Hardware Development

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or RelatedUS CitizenshipActive DoW Secret Clearance

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job Description

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. Our Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) program is creating the first hypersonic system for the U.S. Navy, and we are looking for talented individuals to join our team.

The Ordinance team within the PSOC directorate is seeking a highly skilled and motivated self-starting applicant to join our team. This individual will be an ordinance Certified Principal Engineering (CPE) delegate and onsite point of contact for flight production/manufacturing workflow.

Key Activities:

  • Develop product performance specifications, statements of work, and supplier data requirements for components

  • Develop and provide design solutions, of varying complexity, using solid models, detailed drawings, and release of engineering work products under the supervision of a senior Propulsion Engineer.

  • Review requirements, from various sources (instrumentation, dynamics, stress, systems, thermal, manufacturing, etc.) to ensure that applicable requirements are flowed into the detailed design of assigned products.

  • Support production meetings and manufacturing & test anomaly/discrepancy resolution

  • Evaluate technical aspects of the procurement from the selected hardware supplier

  • Provide user documentation and recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and design review

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or in related discipline

  • Knowledge in explosives/ordinance design/engineering/testing

  • Experience with propulsion component development and system integration experience

  • Excellent verbal/written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with technical and non-technical audiences

  • US Citizenship

Desired Skills

  • Ability to collaborate effectively with adjacent fields (systems engineering, electronics, stress/thermal analysis, configuration management, production, test, quality…)

  • Familiar with design for Manufacturability (DFM)

  • Experience with supply chain management and subcontracts

  • Experience with anomaly management with standard root cause tools (e.g. fishbone or fault tree analysis)

  • Knowledge with AIAA S-113 industry standard

  • Large scale manufacturing production line experience

  • Experience in different phase of aerospace hardware development cycles

  • Willing to get an active DoW Secret clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00

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 7,686 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$85–158K/yr
  • Alabama median$100–160K/yr61 salary ranges
  • US median$106–160K/yr4,648 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $122K, is 3% below the Alabama median midpoint ($126K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Alabama.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 122 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Alabama and 7,686 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Alabama
Experience
Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (6,392 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,272 of the 7,686 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (69%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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