Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, home of the world-renowned Skunk Works®, turns visionary aircraft into reality and is known for building the finest military aircraft in the world. This recognition is continually earned through our commitment to relentless research and development of high-performance aircraft, continuously seeking innovative, low-cost design and manufacturing strategies, and delivering operational readiness for our customers' missions to ensure continued relevancy for the life cycle of our products.

In this role, you will immediately impact the business with your ingenuity, creativity, and ideas that will be the catalyst for future business. If you are craving an opportunity where you are invited to be passionate, push the envelope, and think outside of the box, this opportunity with our Skunk Works may be just for you. We ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready.

As a Manufacturing Pre-Planning Engineer in Skunk Works®, you will play a critical role as liaison between our design engineering teams and the elite women and men responsible for building tomorrow’s future in an advanced manufacturing and technology facility. You will have deep experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and will leverage it to develop, shape, and document processes for manufacturing pre-planning standard work. You will also mentor earlier career engineers on the discipline. We work cross functionally and engage other organizations as needed to support our common program goals.

This position is in Marietta, GA.

This role may require infrequent travel, extended hours, and possible weekend/off-hour support. We work full time on site. Our team supports programs that may require additional special access in addition to a DoD Secret clearance. This is required prior to start.

Key duties for this position include: • Develop / serve as subject matter expert across Manufacturing Engineering Planning • Interface and support day to day activities for represented manufacturing planners • Lead development of manufacturing work instructions • Create and administer manufacturing plans (ERP4C, Solumina, Apriso, TeamCenter, SFM and SAP) for make and buy parts, material masters and planning tracking mechanisms • Serve as POC for troubleshooting of system integration issues across ERP/SAP/PLM/MES by coordinating across multiple organizations and disciplines • Support shop floor activities and incorporate feedback from mechanics to improve the accuracy of digital work instructions • Create Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) and conduct reconciliation tasks • Interface with shop floor personnel to help resolve build issues and implement process improvements to increase efficiency

What’s In It For You: From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Desired skills • 5+ years of experience • LM Aero Manufacturing Planning experience • 3D Modeling experience in 3DX / CATIA V5/V6 • Experience with DELMIA Apriso and / or iBASEt Solumina • Experience with program start-ups with Manufacturing / Assembly / Production processes • Technical writing experience • Project management experience • Atlassian Confluence and JIRA experience • Experience with iBASEt, MRP systems, SAP, &/or other Manufacturing Execution System (MES) application • Demonstrated interpersonal and collaboration skills required in a team environment • Working knowledge of one or more organizations including: Operations, IT, Planning, Production Control, ERP, MRP, Quality or systems integration • Experience with planning functions including Computer Aided Production Planning (CAPP) and Shop Order Maintenance (SOM) • Strong technical and problem-solving skills in vehicle systems manufacturing and test • Experience Root Cause and Corrective Action, and FMEA • Ability to effectively present technical information to non-technical people