Description: Role Overview
As a Production Industrial Engineer, you will drive improvements across manufacturing operations by analyzing data, optimizing processes, and leading initiatives that enhance production efficiency, throughput, and cost performance.
You will work at the intersection of production, data, and engineering, partnering across functions to ensure manufacturing systems are designed and operating at peak performance.
Key Responsibilities
Analyze production data to identify inefficiencies, root causes, and improvement opportunities
Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives using Lean principles and Industrial Engineering methods
Develop and apply discrete event simulation or similar modeling techniques to evaluate production scenarios and optimize system performance
Support production planning activities including capacity analysis, scheduling, and production rate optimization
Partner with Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering to support production line design, layout, and workflow optimization
Establish and monitor performance metrics related to cost, schedule, and throughput
Collaborate cross-functionally across production, engineering, supply chain, and program teams
Drive sustainable process improvements and ensure long-term adoption of solutions
Mentor and provide guidance to junior engineers as needed
Provide occasional off-shift support to maintain production continuity
Work Environment
Fast-paced, production-focused environment
High cross-functional collaboration
Exposure to advanced manufacturing systems and analytics tools
Focus on innovation, continuous improvement, and measurable results
About Lockheed Martin Space
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
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. We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We're advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.
Basic Qualifications:
? Proven experience launching and scaling new production lines or factories
? Experience with Discrete Event Simulation (DES) of production processes
? Experience conducting process time studies and workflow analysis
? Experience with production planning, scheduling, capacity analysis, or production rate optimization
? Experience developing/analyzing metrics and analyzing cost, schedule, and performance data
? Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
Desired Skills:
? Value Stream analysis experience identifying waste and bottlenecks in a production environment
? Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Value Stream Mapping, process mapping, line balancing)
? Proven ability to conduct ergonomic risk assessments to recommend and implement engineering controls and tool design improvements to minimize personnel risks
? Experience developing Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) baselines for critical equipment in a production flow
? Ability to lead Kaizen events to improve operational efficiency.
? Experience applying SMED Concepts to CNC and CMM Changeovers
? Experience executing ramp plans to increase production rates while maintaining quality and efficiency
? Partner with Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering to support production line design, layout, and workflow optimization
? Experience using production analytics and simulation tools (e.g., SAP, Apriso, VECAMS, Tableau, Simio)
? Active Secret security clearance is highly preferred
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
