Description:We are Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a Tool Engineer Senior (Level 3) to support tooling corrective actions, root cause identification, and tooling solutions development for our AMMM and other critical programs. This role is essential in maintaining and enhancing our manufacturing and tooling processes by leveraging CATIA V5, VERISURF reverse engineering software, and other analytical tools. If you are a detail-oriented engineer passionate about tooling innovation, supplier collaboration, and process optimization, this is your opportunity to make an impact.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
• Identify root causes of tooling issues and implement corrective actions.
• Develop tooling solutions using CATIA V5, VERISURF, and other engineering analysis tools.
• Support supplier and feeder plant tooling operations, ensuring compliance with design standards and geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T).
• Monitor, review, and disposition supplier requests submitted through SPAR, SATR, and REAs for both domestic and international suppliers.
• Provide on-site support to suppliers as needed, including travel to supplier locations to review tooling-related issues and implement solutions.
• Lead and participate in formal root cause analyses to enhance tooling reliability and performance.
• Act as a technical checker for tooling concepts and designs developed by team members and vendors.
• Develop new tooling techniques and methodologies to support future program needs and ensure continuous improvement in tooling processes.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
• Be part of a highly skilled tooling engineering team, contributing to critical aerospace manufacturing programs.
• Gain hands-on experience in tooling design, root cause analysis, and supplier support.
• Work on cutting-edge aerospace tooling technologies, using industry-leading software such as CATIA V5 and VERISURF.
• Access to career development opportunities, mentorship programs, and technical training to grow your expertise.
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work at one of the world’s leading aerospace companies.
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
Who You Are
• A solutions-driven engineer with a passion for tooling innovation and process optimization.
• A critical thinker who can analyze tooling issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• A proactive team player who collaborates effectively with internal teams, suppliers, and leadership.
• A self-motivated professional with strong attention to detail, accuracy, and quality.
• A continuous learner eager to develop new techniques and contribute to the growth of tooling processes.
This position is in Marietta, GA Discover Marietta.
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience with basic blueprint reading and mechanical engineering concepts (stress analysis, & / statics and strength of materials).
• Experience with electronic drafting &.or design software.
Desired Skills:
• Previous hands on mechanical experience, computer aided design experience on any 3D drawing and analysis software package.
• Exposure to root cause analysis and continuous improvement concepts.
• Exposure to Vendor support and ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Exposure to disposition tooling request from vendors on tooling issues and ability to research and validate request.
Clearance Level: None
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: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
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: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
• Previous hands on mechanical experience, computer aided design experience on any 3D drawing and analysis software package.
• Exposure to root cause analysis and continuous improvement concepts.
• Exposure to Vendor support and ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Exposure to disposition tooling request from vendors on tooling issues and ability to research and validate request.