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Program Quality Engineer Sr Staff - E5

Lockheed Martin

Palmdale, CAFull-time$145–270K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$145–270K/yr
Location
Palmdale, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Senior Staff Program Quality Engineer leads quality activities across program phases, from proposals and contract review through production and support. The role serves as a liaison among laboratory and production stakeholders, coordinates testing and capital projects, and leads continuous improvement work using A3 methodology. It also supports quality planning, assessments, risk reviews, and reporting to leadership.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Aerospace Manufacturing, requiredAS9100, requiredQuality Management Systems, requiredTechnical Leadership, requiredProject Leadership, requiredMentoring, requiredLab Coordination, requiredSafety Management, requiredQuality Management, requiredCost Management, requiredSchedule Management, requiredMetrics Reporting, requiredStakeholder Liaison, requiredSupervisory Experience, nice to haveOperating Budget Ownership, nice to haveCapital Equipment Acquisition, nice to haveRoot Cause Corrective Action, nice to haveSQL, nice to haveTableau, nice to haveStructures, nice to haveDADT, nice to haveASIP, nice to haveNDI, nice to havePresentation Delivery, nice to havePersonnel Resource Planning, nice to haveStaff Development, nice to haveCapital Resource Management, nice to haveClassified Program Support, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree, required8+ Years Aerospace Manufacturing Experience, required

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job Description

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.

Role Responsibilities:

Serves as the primary liaison between Material Test Services/Process Control, NDI/NDE, and the Calibration team and key stakeholders including Production Operations, Production Control, MRB, Engineering, Facilities, and other Quality organizations.

  • Coordinates testing requests to the Quality Labs and oversees the facilitation and completion of capital projects on behalf of the Labs.

  • Manages capital requests and coordinates maintenance for testing instrumentation and other capital items.

  • Leads continuous improvement projects using the A3 methodology and participates in Production Process Oversight, which includes root cause analysis, corrective action, engineering requirement analysis and interpretation, and workflow analysis.

  • Prepares reports, briefs, and presentations of work product and delivers findings to various levels of leadership.

Basic Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree

  • 8+ years of aerospace manufacturing experience.

  • Experience with AS9100 or an equivalent quality management system.

  • Technical leadership capability, such as leading projects, mentoring engineers, or coordinating lab work. No prior people-management experience required.

  • Experience managing safety, quality, cost, and schedule, and reporting those metrics to leadership.

  • Ability to liaise between Production Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and suppliers.

Desired Skills

  • Supervisory or lead experience

  • Operating budget ownership and capital equipment acquisition experience.

  • Experience with the Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) process and execution.

  • Experience with metrics and dashboards, such as SQL or Tableau.

  • Experience collaborating with Structures, DADT, ASIP, and NDI organizations.

  • Experience preparing and delivering presentations to internal leadership and customers.

  • Planning and management of personnel resources, staff development, and capital resources.

  • Experience supporting classified and sensitive programs.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $145100.00 - $269500.00

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 2,845 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$145–270K/yr
  • California median$107–162K/yr301 salary ranges
  • US median$90–149K/yr1,869 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $207K, is 51% above the California median midpoint ($137K) — in the top quarter of Quality Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 375 open Quality Engineer jobs in California and 2,845 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,307 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,648 of the 2,845 open Quality Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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