Job ID: 694221BR Date posted: Jun. 26, 2025
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.


As a Supply Chain Quality Engineer, you will provide support to our multiple Production Areas and Receiving Inspection team located on the Waterton Campus in Littleton, CO. The Quality Engineer will drive process improvements with our supply base to reduce variation and non-conformances in our products. Travel may be required to drive improvements with our suppliers.

You will verify and lead changes to ensure the right part is delivered at the right time, at the best cost, with 100% Quality, and you will work with high value hardware on the floor to ensure that defects are identified and dealt with in the right way every time. You will have a strong commitment to process improvement and handle multiple projects and priorities.

You will be dedicated to the critical responsibility of doing “what’s right” for the product and our customers at all times. Striving for excellence in every detail will be our final line of defense in ensuring a successful mission.

Benefits of Employment:
To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin strives for a work environment that supports differences and big-picture thinking.

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. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
•Medical
•Dental
•401k
•Paid time off
•Work/life balance
•Career development
•Mentorship opportunities
•Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
To be successful in this role you will need to possess the following:
1. Knowledge of manufacturing/quality processes and documentation
2 Ability to comprehend and interpret drawings, work instructions, schematics, and specifications.
3. Root Cause Analysis experience
4 Demonstrates thorough attention to detail

* Prior work or classroom experience working in a team environment involving coordination of multiple projects and competing priorities
* Must be able to work off shifts or non-standard work weeks (i.e. Thursday through Monday with Tuesday and Wednesday off), overtime and non-standard work weeks as needed to meet product deliveries and support production
* This position requires special access to support the program and requires the selected candidate to be a US Citizen.
Desired Skills:
* PR/QMRB Certification
* Experience conducting and participating in Process and Physical Configuration Audits
* Experience with First Article Inspections (FAIs)
* Experience with Functional Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FFMEAs)
* Green Belt Trained and/or Certified Quality
Engineer (CQE) - understands lean manufacturing
and quality optimization in a production environment
* Experience with SAP or VECAMS and data analytics
to report trends and achieve results
* Strong communication skills
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Previous work experience in a manufacturing environment and or electrical engineering background or related work experience in an adjacent field
* Demonstrated understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering technologies
* Experience with SAP or similar inventory management and digital work instruction and hardware tracking system
* Familiarity with process improvement and optimization
concepts in a manufacturing environment
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
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, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $67,000 - $117,990. 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 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.
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: QA/Test and Inspection
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First