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ElectroMechanical Engineer, Cable Design, 9+ Years

Littleton, Colorado

Littleton, Colorado

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Job ID: 685811BR Date posted: Jan. 28, 2025 Program: FBM-D5LE2-AVI
Description:Join Our Team as an Electromechanical 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: This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility one of the Coolest places to work: Littleton CO , and be expected to work in the office.




What does this role look like?

Join us at Lockheed Martin as an ElectroMechanical Engineer who will work closely with senior engineers to develop preliminary 3D concept models of space flight avionics Cable and Harnessing and ultimately advance them for flight use.




Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

• Support trade studies on cable and harness design approaches and will provide technical data for informal and formal design review documentation and presentations.
• Coordinate with thermal, dynamic, stress, reliability, EMC, and survivability analyses to assure compliant designs.
• Support manufacturing and test disciplines in minimizing cycle time and resolving problems.
You will establish specifications for contract assemblers and raw-material vendors.
• Interface with Parts Engineering, Quality Assurance and Purchasing regarding material quality and vendor performance. Provide producible designs that meet technical, cost, and schedule requirements, and work within an Integrated Product Team environment.
• Prepare all applicable drawings and documentation needed for the fabrication and assembly of the hardware designed.
• Develop Cable designs, performance and test requirements, and stress and thermal analysis.
• Identify initial physical architecture for the Avionics subsystem.
• Leverage LE2 R&D accomplishments to date into the LE2 subsystem architecture concepts as appropriate.
• Define the requirements and provide the framework for architecture and interface development & maintenance throughout the program lifecycle.
• Generate and release design disclosure artifacts including technical presentations and end of year reports.
• Work on a cross-functional team in the development and integration of world class avionics systems.
• Participate in iterative design reviews, Engineering Material Review Board (EMRB) hardware discrepancy decisions and Failure Review Board (FRB) as required.
• Resolve test anomalies and support system level testing.
• You must be able to work autonomously, delivering the work products and being accountable for milestone achievement at a high level of reporting.




To be effective in this role, you will need:

• Experience with wire harness and cables design of electrical\\mechanical interconnects for satellite spacecraft equipment and/or missile systems.
• 9+ years professional experience; 7+ years with Masters degree.
• For this position, an active Top Secret or higher clearance is required to be considered, thus US Citizenship is required.




Why Lockheed Martin?

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.

Join us. Let’s do Space!
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

• Proven experience in electrical/mechanical engineering including wire harness/cable design, RF or electronic package interfaces.

• Knowledge of cable manufacturing processes (connectors, crimping, soldering, forming, testing)

• Full working knowledge and experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

• Experience with CAD design

• Experience in synthesizing requirements into cable and harness designs at different assembly levels

• Willing and able to obtain and maintain to obtain a Top Secret Clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.
Desired Skills:
• Working knowledge EPDM tools or equivalent
• Exposure to DFx Principles (Design for Affordability, Design for Manufacturability, etc.)
• Experience with CREO CAD modeling and Zuken
• Missile/Aerospace related experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with FBM specifications/procedures
• Familiarity and experience partnering with SP/SPF Customer Partners
• Experience with QNotes (SAP/ERP), PMP Database, FAST Items, DaSI, and FBM Web (Livelink)
• Previous CPE and MRB experience
• Experience as a technical lead including: resource planning and training, maintaining schedules, and ensuring technical performance
• Ability to communicate issues and additional resource needs to leadership
• Experience with subcontracted hardware suppliers
• Knowledge of cable manufacturing processes (connectors, crimping, soldering, forming, testing)
• Experience performing tolerance stack-ups
• Exposure to Requalification Activities including MORAs and Supplier Relocations
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment and with adjacent disciplines
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with technical and non-technical audiences including design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.)
• Hands-on hardware experience
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top 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
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington or Washington DC is $105,000 - $201,100. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (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. This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electronics Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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