Opto-Mechanical Engineer, Staff
Orlando, FLFull-time$121–224K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Lockheed Martin is hiring a Staff Opto-Mechanical Engineer to support development and production of a sensor system. The role owns precision opto-mechanical hardware from requirements and design definition through drawing release, supplier coordination, production issue resolution, integration, testing, and verification. It also provides technical leadership across engineering and customer interfaces, guiding decisions on alignment, tolerancing, materials, mechanisms, environmental robustness, manufacturability, and affordability.
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Standard Job Description
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 114,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is one of four Lockheed Martin business areas.
We are experiencing growth and are seeking to hire an Opto-Mechanical Staff Engineer to support development and production of a sensor system.
What you will be doing:
Candidate will support design and development of an advanced sensor programs that provides passive, long-range detection and tracking of airborne threats.
Ownership of precision opto-mechanical hardware will span requirements and design definition through drawing release, supplier coordination, production issue resolution, integration, test, and verification.
The role will require leadership of decisions involving optical alignment, tolerancing, materials, mechanisms, environmental robustness, manufacturability, and affordability for compact, high-performance sensor hardware.
Candidate will provide technical leadership across optical, electrical, systems, manufacturing, quality, analysis, supplier, and customer interfaces, including integrated product team direction and engineering milestones.
Basic Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace or optical engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
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Previous precision mechanical or opto-mechanical experience.
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Experience with CAD systems, preferably CREO and Windchill.
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Experience with developing engineering drawings in accordance with ASME Y14.100.
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Experience generating and interpreting geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) in accordance with ASME Y14.5.
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Experience with optical hardware testing and metrology, preferably interferometry.
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Needs ability to obtain/maintain a secret clearance. US citizenship required.
Desired Skills
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Demonstrated experience designing, building, and transitioning precision opto-mechanical hardware for EO/IR sensors or other demanding infrared systems, especially in a production environment.
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Experience aligning optical elements within mechanical structures and performing opto-mechanical tolerance analyses.
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Experience with mechanism design, design for fabrication, cast components, or metal additive manufacturing.
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Experience with production nonconformance review board (MRB) disposition and root-cause-based corrective action.
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Evidence of coordinating multiple concurrent programs and communicating effectively across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $120600.00 - $224000.00
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 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$121–224K/yr
- Florida median$91–158K/yr102 salary ranges
- US median$105–160K/yr4,576 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $172K, is 37% above the Florida median midpoint ($126K) — in the top quarter of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Florida.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 245 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Florida and 7,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Florida
- Jacobs25 open
- Siemens Energy22 open
- Lockheed Martin (this employer)21 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,326 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,245 of the 7,635 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 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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