Job ID: 690751BR Date posted: Apr. 10, 2025
Description:Join Our Team as a Project Engineer where you will work on the development of a sophisticated state-of-the-art avionics product in a world class Integrated Product Development environment.

Location: Valley Forge, PA

About Us:

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.

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What does this role look like?

Join us as an early to mid-career Project Engineer/ Control Account Manager (CAM) to join our mission supporting the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program. For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense.

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Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

• Perform Control Account duties for all assigned control accounts within the Re-Entry team. This will include leading, budgeting, and managing the cost/schedule/technical performance for each assigned Control Account (CA) on multiple contract line-item numbers (CLINs).

• Effectively manage control account performance, elevate concerns and issues to Senior Management, Project Engineers, as well as Program Management including other impacted control account managers

• Work with partnering organizations (Supply Chain, PMP, Quality, etc.) to ensure all processes are appropriately followed and implemented to ensure smooth product flow throughout the lifecycle

• Identify areas of concern and opportunities to the program Risk & Opportunity Control Board and implement approved mitigation plans

• Conduct closed-loop corrective action to include thorough variance analysis, monitoring of cost/schedule mitigation activities, and corrective action adjustment

• Provide timely and accurate insight to key program impacts or opportunities to the Senior Manager, the Functional Managers, and Program Manager(s) and Project Engineers.

• Address any 2nd level questions related to parts procurement status, headcount challenges, resource constraints, or safety and quality issues

• Complete all Value Management assigned duties to include work authorization requests, estimate at complete review, schedule status, variance reporting, and comprehensive estimates at complete

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To be effective in this role, you will need:

• 5+ years of professional experience with a Bachelor's; or 3+ years of professional experience with a Master's degree.
• Although no clearance is required to start in this position, you need to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance, thus you are a US Citizen.

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Why Lockheed Martin?

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.

Find out more on how we proudly support Hiring Our Heroes.

Let’s do Space!
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors or higher degree in a technical or business discipline.

• Earned Value Management (EVM) Experience.

• Prior proposal, Basis of Estimate (BOE) and
negotiations experience.

• Risk and opportunity management experience.

• Must be a US Citizen and be willing and able to obtain and maintain a US DoD Secret clearance to support this government contract.
Desired Skills:
• Previous Control Account Manager (CAM) experience

• 6+ years of program and/or project engineering experience

• Knowledge of program lifecycle and how early
milestones may drive future costs.

• Fluency with EVM metrics and management
strategies

• General technical knowledge of Flight Hardware and
Space Vehicle Integration

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with teammates, IPT Leads, Program Management
Team, as well as internal customers

• Ability to accept responsibility, accountability and
exercise authority to ensure cost, schedule, and
technical success

• Demonstrated experience in driving complex issues or problems to successful closure

• Strong problem solving, root cause, corrective action,
and closure skills

• Ability to lead discussions and determine resolutions
to problems

• Experience supporting internal and external customer
audits

• Desire to enhance program management skills
including communication, the ability to deal with
unforeseen challenges, and building strong relationships

• Active Secret Clearance
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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
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: Program Management
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First