Job Description
The Optical Talent Center within Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Associate Manager, Opto-mechanical engineer to lead a team of 5 to 10 engineers in the design and development of cutting-edge optical payloads.
What You'll Do
• Lead & Mentor: Direct a team of Opto-Mechanical engineers, fostering collaboration across mechanical, optical, electrical, and systems domains.
• Design Innovation: Own the mechanical architecture for a broad portfolio of passive, active, and directed-energy optical payloads, addressing unique structural, thermal, and vibration challenges.
• Analysis & Validation: Perform high-precision mechanical analyses and validate designs through modeling, prototyping, and testing.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Work closely with optical engineers, payload managers, and program stakeholders to translate system requirements into robust mechanical solutions.
What You Bring
• Technical Expertise: Proven track record in opto-mechanical design for high-performance optical systems (telescopes, laser weapons, imaging sensors).
• Quantitative Rigor: Strong analytical skills with proficiency in GD&T, tolerance analysis, and precision-assembly techniques.
• Leadership Ability: Experience leading engineering teams, driving consensus, and mentoring junior staff.
• Effective Communicator: Exceptional written and oral communication skills; comfortable preparing and delivering clear technical briefings, design reviews, and status reports to technical and non-technical audiences, ranging from senior leadership to external partners.
• Problem-Solver Mindset: Ability to tackle "form-fits- function" challenges in precision payload subsystems under demanding performance and schedule constraints.
Why Join Us?
Work on high-impact space programs that push the boundaries of optical technology.
Collaborative environment that values innovation, diversity of thought, and continuous learning.
Basic Qualifications
• Experience in optical and/or mechanical design using a variety of materials
• Exposure to product design of opto-mechanical hardware at multiple levels of maturity
• Experience with the full program life cycle
• Working knowledge of 3D design tools, similar to Creo or Solidworks
• Proven technical and leadership abilities, with experience leading technical teams
• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
Desired skills
• 10+ years of demonstrated technical expertise (8+ years with a Master's degree, or above)
• 2+ years demonstrated hands-on expertise in space OR complex hardware/software systems
• Excellent communications skills both verbal and written with the proven ability to communicate
• Team leadership experience
• Functional experience with multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Design and fabrication of highly engineered (high TRL) systems
• Strong mentoring skills and experience
• Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues/challenges
• Variety of customer experience and exposure across business areas (military, intelligence, science and weather instrumentation, etc.)
• Active Top Secret clearance and or SCI
Other Important Information
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.
Work Schedule Information
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.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $109,200 - $192,510. 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.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $125,600 - $217,695. 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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
