Corrective Action Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2)

Lockheed Martin•Palmdale, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® is on the leading edge of manufacturing innovation. We continually look for ways to improve processes and performance while extracting cost by focusing on the areas of subsystems installation and integration.

Requirements

Bachelors degree
Experience working in a manufacturing environment working cross functionally with other disciplines including quality assurance, production operations, design engineering, industrial engineer, project engineer, manufacturing engineering, and/or process engineering
Experience supporting air vehicle assembly and part assembly including some combination of the following: composites fabrication, metallics fabrication, structural assembly, systems installation, test operations
Experience in integrated corrective action, cause map development, RCCA
Active secret security clearance with an investigation in the last 5 years or enrollment in CE
Ability to obtain special program access within 3 months of start

Nice To Haves

STEM degree preferred with 2+ years of experience
Black belt certification
PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification
Experience with audit teams or performing process audits
Experience with facilitating kaizen events and tiger team efforts.
Demonstrated ability to drive issues to closure and develop preventative action plan to limit failures in the future.
Demonstrated understanding of engineering blueprints, model based engineering, process specifications. and manufacturing planning.
Self-starter with ability to operate with limited direction.
Experience working in 3D modelling software (CATIA, Creo, SolidWorks, Nx), Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM) programs (e.g. 3DX, Teamcenter, PDM, etc.), and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) programs (iBASEt, SAP, etc.).

Responsibilities

Work corrective actions for discrepancies in a manufacturing environment across multiple portions of the build.
Conduct critical reviews of processes to identify gaps and close the process gaps with the intent of reducing variation and discrepancies in the build.
Collaborate with quality engineering and production operations to triage repeat failure modes in a production environment.
Utilize lean six sigma toolsets to identify root causes and develop corrective action plans.
Lead corrective action investigations and engage with members of cross-functional teams.
Collaborate with team members to explore out-of-the-box thinking and contribute to product improvement initiatives.