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Project Engineer Sr - E3

Lockheed Martin

Stennis Space Center, MSFull-time$85–158K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$85–158K/yr
Location
Stennis Space Center, MS
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

The Senior Project Engineer will serve as a Manufacturing Project Manager on the Propulsion Manufacturing Assembly Composites team, driving program interests through cost, schedule, and technical execution across the program lifecycle. The role coordinates with finance, program control, planning, production, manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams to support contractual delivery, resolve challenges, communicate program expectations and progress, and support business development.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program ManagementAerospace IndustryIndependent WorkProduct LifecycleSystems RequirementsSystems DesignEarned Value ManagementIntegrated Master SchedulingManufacturingIntegration and TestProposal PreparationNegotiationDoD Missile ProgramsSpace Missions

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience6 Years Professional ExperienceRelated Master's or 4 Years ExperienceUS Citizenship

Benefits

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

Full job description

Standard Job Description

  • Serve as Manufacturing Project Manager (MPM) within the Propulsion Manufacturing Assembly Composites (PMAC) team; drive program interests through cost, schedule, and technical execution across the program lifecycle

  • Work closely with PMAC Finance representatives and program control account managers (CAM) to ensure prudent program baseline planning, integrated master schedule integration, schedule/cost validation, and awareness of risk and opportunities

  • Coordinate daily with planners, production managers, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, and other engineers as needed to ensure delivery on contractual commitments

  • Resolve unplanned challenges to drive issue resolution velocity

  • Establish, manage, and communicate programmatic expectations, progress, goals, roles, responsibilities, and objectives

  • Support business development objectives to capture additional commercial business

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 6 years of professional experience; or 4 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree

  • Experience with Program/Project Management

  • Aerospace or related industry experience

  • Ability to work independently according to a general plan or goal

  • Knowledge of or experience with the product life cycle process to include systems requirements and design through final acceptance and delivery

  • US Citizen

Desired Skills

  • Industrial Engineering or related engineering degree from and accredited college

  • Demonstrated experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

  • Demonstrated experience with development of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

  • Experience with Manufacturing and Integration/Test

  • Proposal preparation and negotiation

  • Familiarity with DoD missile programs and Space missions and programs

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 5,122 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$85–158K/yr
  • US median$96–145K/yr2,709 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $122K, is close to the US median midpoint ($121K) — in the middle half of Project Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 41 open Project Engineer jobs in Mississippi and 5,122 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Mississippi
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,953 postings).
Education
3,205 of the 5,122 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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