Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience and post-secondary degree,
- Demonstrated previous strong coordination in planning, integration and completion of projects experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead effective teams across various functional/program organizations
- Ability to identify and assess technical, cost, and schedule impacts and offer recommendations.
Job Description
The mission matters. So do the people behind it. With advancing defense technology at our core, what sets us apart is a culture of collaboration, purpose, and impact.
What is the mission?
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.
What does this role look like?
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor building the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, NASA's first spacecraft crafted for long-duration, human-rated deep space exploration. Orion will transport humans to interplanetary destinations beyond low Earth orbit to the moon, eventually Mars, and return them safely back to Earth.
In this role as the Project Engineer you will have the following daily key responsibilities:
- Serve as a Proposal Manager with the Capture Team
- Function as key integrator between all functions and drive the ROM/proposal from inception to award
- Conduct kick-offs, layout schedule, coordinate impacts across the program, and establish guidance
- Drive timely ROM/proposal development to meet or exceed schedules in partnership with contracts and estimating
- Support and lead process improvement initiatives
- Support Orion Program Office by establishing program deliverables and support program business rhythm by providing deliverables and inputs for program review boards and management reviews (both LM internal and with the NASA customer)
- Develop program directives and other technical plans/documents
Desired Skills
- Previous proposal and writing Basis of Estimate (BOE) experience.
- Desire to enhance Program Management skills.
- Ability to manage/execute multiple projects at one time.
- Self-starter and able to operate with minimal guidance.
- Experience working with GenBOE, Jira, and Confluence
- Prior NASA or Spacecraft experience
- Cost Account Manager (CAM) experience
- Possess effective relationship-building skills with peers, leadership and suppliers
- You bring positivity and enthusiasm to every project you touch. In addition to the work, you love being part of a team and working collaboratively through the process.
- Demonstrated exceptional strategic communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, suppliers, and stakeholders, as well as program executives, with an ability to persuade and motivate action.
Other Important Information
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.