Project Engineer Asc - Early Career
Sunnyvale, CAFull-time$73–135K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Project Engineer supports Lockheed Martin’s THAAD program by coordinating engineering project activities, supporting vehicle builds and system-level testing, and helping resolve integration and test issues. The role includes implementing tests, participating in failure investigations, and preparing test documentation. It also involves working with senior engineers on future system capabilities and traveling to testing sites. Candidates must be eligible for and willing to maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance.
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Full job description
Standard Job Description
Coordinates planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates engineering program; reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. Evaluates and approves design changes, specification and drawing releases. Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
As a Project Engineer supporting the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program you will:
-Support vehicle builds and reconfigurations
-Lead test huddles
-Implement testing to meet program milestones
-Participate in failure investigations and anomaly resolution boards
-Develop necessary documentation to support program/company test requirements (test plans, procedures, reports, etc.)
-Work with senior engineers on integration issues and the development of future system capability and test
-Support system level testing for consoles and vehicles
-Travel to perform testing at various sites
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Basic Qualifications
-Bachelors in Engineering or similar field
-Experience leading a projects
-Ability to obtain/maintain certifications like mate/demate and torque
-Eligibility to obtain, and willingness to maintain, a DoD Secret Security Clearance; US Citizenship required
Desired Skills
-Excellent communciation skills, both oral and written
-Ability to read engineering drawings
-Some expericne working in a lab setting supporting electrical or system testing
-Hands-on lab experience, including integration, console or vehicle building or systems engineering experience
-Experience with following/developing test plans and procedures
-Software development or testing experience
-Active or Current DoD Security Clearance
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $72800.00 - $135200.00
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 5,054 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$73–135K/yr
- California median$104–150K/yr326 salary ranges
- US median$97–145K/yr2,665 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 18% below the California median midpoint ($126K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 418 open Project Engineer jobs in California and 5,054 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (3,914 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,172 of the 5,054 open Project Engineer jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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