Laboratory Engineering Aide-Entry Level/Hourly

Lockheed Martin•Littleton, CO

9d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Engineering Aide, you will be a key member of the Specialty Labs supporting engineering development and testing of parts and materials necessary for the manufacture of spacecrafts, missiles, and ground support hardware. In this role you will ensure equipment and consumables that meet the needs of testing and engineering development are sourced, quoted, and acquired quickly to provide engineers and analysts what they need to deliver data, insights, and engineering development prototypes per customer requirements. You will contact vendors to obtain pricing for equipment repair services and follow through on the procurement process to ensure repairs are performed quickly in order to ensure testing and engineering development solutions are provided to customers on time and on budget. You will perform laboratory support operations to meet customer expectations including chemical inventories, information system asset management, quality audits, specimen and equipment movement, and manage calibration and metrology requirements. You will also perform preliminary analysis of data and apply quantitative judgments to develop process optimization, support laboratory engineers in the development of test plans, performing testing, evaluating data and reporting test results, and perform lab and facilities personnel coordination to maintain effective laboratory environments.

Requirements

Associates degree in related discipline or equivalent experience. Coursework completed towards a degree may be considered
Basic understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) principles
Ability to tackle detailed assignments often requiring learning or developing planning and integration skills
Desire to continually learn, ambition to proactively address challenges, and aspiration to work in a diverse team environment

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication skills and the ability to adjust to a variety of audiences
Able to work independently within a team and handle multiple priorities and internal customers
Good presentation skills; must be able to present clearly and concisely on a weekly basis to management and customers
Microsoft Office skills in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
Proficiency in project planning and product life cycle management
Laboratory testing knowledge
Knowledge of Material Resource Planning (MRP) for procurement
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, scrum master and use of Jira boards
Familiarity with process documentation and ISO quality requirements

Responsibilities

Ensure equipment and consumables that meet the needs of testing and engineering development are sourced, quoted, and acquired quickly to provide engineers and analysts what they need to deliver data, insights, and engineering development prototypes per customer requirements
Contact vendors to obtain pricing for equipment repair services and follow through on the procurement process to ensure repairs are performed quickly in order to ensure testing and engineering development solutions are provided to customers on time and on budget.
Perform laboratory support operations to meet customer expectations including chemical inventories, information system asset management, quality audits, specimen and equipment movement, manage calibration and metrology requirements, etc.
Performing preliminary analysis of data and applying quantitative judgments to develop process optimization
Support laboratory engineers in the development of test plans, performing testing, evaluating data and reporting test results.
Perform lab and facilities personnel coordination to maintain effective laboratory environments