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Hardware Quality Associate Manager

Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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Job ID: 709084BR Date posted: Oct. 27, 2025
Description:WHAT WE'RE DOING


At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, we are inspired by innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and creative thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training and education. Come and experience your future!

THE WORK

At Lockheed Martin, we are passionate about innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our capacity – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, education, and background. Do you want to be part of an exciting, creative environment that encourages and supports employees to think big, perform with quality and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus - if you have the resourcefulness and courage to work hard, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Come and experience your future!

This role is for a Hardware Quality Engineering Associate Manager for the Training and Logistics Solutions (TLS) market segments, providing performance reviews, feedback, coaching, mentoring, and career development to a team of quality engineers and inspectors. You will assist the Quality manager with the implementation of digital enhancements to improve efficiencies and costs. Work directly with various quality program managers under the TLS umbrella to ensure quality products are delivered on time to contract. Monitor and document defects in your areas and create presentations detailing areas for improvements and opportunities for additional training. Attend Operational Excellence Program Management Team (PMT) meetings to present documented defects to drive improvements and reduce defects. Ensure that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards. Monitor, review, analyze, and report on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems. Lead investigations of problems, develop dispositions and implement and ensure compliance with corrective actions for recurring discrepancies. Interface with senior management, manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor, and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met. Monitor recommendations for corrective actions, dispositions, and modifications.

WHO WE ARE

Our customers are world-wide and so is our reputation for creating original solutions with the latest technologies. Our products keep our customers safe and bring them home to their families at night.

We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus - if you have the resourcefulness and perseverance to work hard, then we want to create a better tomorrow with you.

WHO YOU ARE

You thrive in a collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment and are committed to delivering best-in-class products and solutions.

WHY JOIN US

We believe that flexibility is the future of work. We are proud to offer the flexible 4X10 work schedule that support our employees diverse personal needs.
Basic Qualifications:
- Outstanding relationship building skills
- Excellent communication skills (Writing, speaking, and receiving)
- Unparalleled Emotional Intelligence
- Effective team building skills
- Ability to establish long terms team goals and develop effective and impactful strategies to achieve them.
- Ability to empower and delegate team members to act with autonomous authority
- Full Spectrum Leadership Skills
- Demonstrated innovation and initiative
Desired Skills:
- ISO9001/AS9100/AS9102 knowledge
- Knowledge of manufacturing execution/reporting systems
- Background in Manufacturing/Quality Assurance practices and policies
- Experience with financials and department budgets
- Experience with DCMA customer interface
- Quality Assurance/Inspection leadership experience
- Clear understanding of Culture of Accountability
- Customer relationship skills
- Experience creating/reviewing/approving Command Media
- Experience guiding/leading cultural change.
- Leadership Development Program participation / graduation
- Demonstrated Growth Mindset
- Demonstrated Digital Transformation Adoption and Data Fluency
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 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: RMS
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: QA/Test and Inspection
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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About

At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Pioneering Defense Technology: From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can innovate mission solutions alongside the best minds in the business.

United By Culture: Excellence, integrity, and collaboration define us. We accelerate change and embrace one another’s perspectives to win for our customers.

Real Impact, Real Growth: Grow your career and skills for life. Our wide array of opportunities and technology-driven learning programs enable your development and agility.

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life: Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits and flexible schedules designed so you thrive — at work and beyond.

Empowered to Be Your Best: Use your strengths to make a difference in the lives of one another, our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:

  • Flexible Schedules, dependent on role
  • Levels: Student, Entry, Mid, Senior, Management
  • Locations: Nationwide & OCONUS Positions

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Qualifications

See what it takes to be a successful Lockheed Martin employee.

  • Collaborative

    There is no innovation without imagination. You bring new, different and exciting ideas to the table every day. You are committed to the success of your team.

  • Curious

    The ability to explore and drive new ideas. You think innovatively to come up with creative solutions to complex challenges.

  • Goal-oriented

    From planning and organizing to decision making, goal orientation produces impactful results. You set goals and strive to make things happen quickly and efficiently.

  • Proactive

    The ability to anticipate, plan and prepare for what lies ahead. You act rather than react to potential situations.

  • Problem Solver

    You work to tackle tough problems with complex solutions.

  • Strategic

    You observe, reflect and analyze processes to make more informed decisions.

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Quote

“Before I came to Lockheed Martin, I never thought I’d get these opportunities. The benefits available and the company’s value culture make it an incredibly supportive place to work, and I’m grateful to work somewhere that wants me to succeed. I hope to have a long career here making an impact, and I know I’ll be supported in doing that every step of the way.”

Ryan J., Enterprise Operations

Benefits

  • Healthcare

    Medical, Dental and Vision coverage is available for employees who opt-in.

  • 401(k)/Retirement Plans

    Our 401(k) plan features generous matching and company contributions.

  • Professional Development

    We support our employees through mentoring, internal & external educational programs, networking, skills enhancement and career-building programs.

  • Maternity and Paternity Leave

    Our generous parental leave policies support your journey into parenthood. When you return to work, our facilities offer mother's rooms to support your transition and work/life balance.

  • Paid Time Off

    We offer PTO, paid holidays and paid time off for jury duty and military obligations.

  • Flex-time

    Depending on the position, we offer flexible work schedules.

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