Standard Job Description

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.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conduct structural analysis to define and evaluate missile and spacecraft primary and secondary structures, from early concept through flight.

• Partner across a multidisciplinary engineering team to perform design trades, guide architecture decisions, and ensure structural integrity throughout the product lifecycle.

• Define and support structural test requirements, provide predictions, oversee test execution, and lead post-test activities to ensure requirements and objectives are met.

• Prepare and present technical findings with clarity and confidence to internal teams, customers, and program leadership at key design reviews and technical forums.

• Deliver high-quality analysis products and documentation.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering or similar technical field

• Professional experience performing aerospace stress analysis of metallic and composite structures

Desired Skills

• Master’s degree or PhD in Aerospace, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering with 5 years of stress analysis experience of metallics and composite structures

• Experience using NX/Nastran, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, Matlab, Mathcad and CREO for analysis of spacecraft, aircraft, or missiles

• Experience in the planning and execution of structural development and qualification testing

• Excellent communication skills-both written and verbal

• Self-motivated, and able and willing to support multiple projects

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