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Component Engineer

Westford, Massachusetts

Westford, Massachusetts

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Job ID: 698286BR Date posted: Jul. 24, 2025
Description:

You will be the Component Engineer for the Microwave Center of Excellence team. Our team is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting Digital and RF/Microwave Products for military customers, including the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, NASA, and foreign allies.

What You Will Be Doing
As the Component Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the electrical components in our modules meet the highest reliability requirements and product life cycle requirements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Researching component termination styles, plastic encapsulation styles, and component construction processes
• Generating Vendor Identification Drawings, Source Control Drawings, and Altered Item Drawings
• Leading component part standardization, part selection, and process change notices
• Developing component qualification test plans and executing part qualifications with test houses
• Interfacing with customers to present part changes and impact to hardware
• Leading Component Failure Investigations as needed

Why Join Us
We're looking for a collaborative and detail-oriented engineer to join our team. As a Component Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented group of professionals who are passionate about delivering high-quality products. You will be part of a dynamic team that values innovation, creativity, and teamwork. We offer flexible work schedules, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth and development. If you're a motivated and skilled engineer looking for a challenging and rewarding role, we encourage you to apply. Note that this position requires a US citizenship and security clearance, with possible travel to customer and supplier sites.

We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is Remote with the team sitting in Chelmsford. Discover more about our Chelmsford, Massachusetts location.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance. A company-sponsored Interim Secret is required to start.
Basic Qualifications:
1. BS Degree in electrical engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience/combined education and 9 years of professional level experience.
2. The ability to develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity is required.
3. Demonstrated knowledge of electrical component parameters and packaging is required.
4. Demonstrated knowledge of high reliability military component standards and specifications is required.
5. Experience with software tools like Siemens Xpedition EDM library cockpit and
6. Some knowledge of high reliability military component standards and specifications such as MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-38534, MIL-PRF-55342, MIL-PRF-55681 is required.
7. Excellent interpersonal skills are required
8. The ability to lead projects effectively is required.
9. Strong computer skills to include MS Office applications is required.
10. Strong organization skills are required.
11. Strong written and verbal communications skills are required.
12. Strong presentation skills are required.
13. Candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.
14. Candidate must have the ability to obtain an interim secret clearance prior to start.
15. Some travel required. Less than 5%.
Desired Skills:
-An MS level technical degree in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering or closely related technical field may be desirable.
-Experience performing system reliability calculations is strongly desired.
-Experience with MS Access or similar database systems is desired.
-Experience with component thermal analysis is desired.
-AutoCAD experience would be a plus.
-Experience with CSAM (C-Mode Scanning Acoustic Microscopy) evaluation would be a plus.
-Experience troubleshooting electrical test failures is desired.
-Experience in Root Cause / Corrective Action is desired.
-Experience in Plastic Encapsulated Device qualification testing is desired.
-Experience with DPA (Destructive Physical Analysis) techniques is desired.
-Knowledge of Automotive Electronics Quality Standards would be a plus.
-Demonstrated knowledge of Automotive Electronics Quality Standards such as AEC-Q100, AEC-Q101, AEC-Q200 would be a plus
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
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: Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.
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 most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $120,100 - $208,150. 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.
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 $104,500 - $184,115. 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: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electrical Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First

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