Materials Engineer Associate - Early Career - Cape Canaveral FL

Job Description

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Job ID: 726073BR
Date posted: May. 05, 2026

Description:By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility.

As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. When enemies attack, governments need be ready to defend their soldiers, citizens and infrastructure.
For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy's mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense.
We help keep this nation and our allies secure.
The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

Learn more about Trident II D5 fleet Ballistic Missile.

As a Materials and Processes Engineer you'll work on a broad range of projects, in both a laboratory and manufacturing environment, that will challenge you to learn and grow in your career.
Working side by side with designers, test and manufacturing engineers, you'll use your education, experience and growing expertise to develop and evaluate new and innovative technology to survive in the most hostile of environments.

In this role you will:
Select Materials, and Processes (PMP) on new designs that will help defend our country, get hands-on manufacturing experience of the next satellite, or provide oversight to an extensive supply chain providing products critical to Mission Success
Perform Materials and Processes (M&P) technical engineering assignments
Troubleshoot problems and find innovative solutions
Participate in the selection, qualification, testing, and failure analysis of materials & processes, prepare technical and progress reports on assigned tasks, prepare specifications, evaluate suppliers and analyze test reports
Coordinate with other disciplines such as Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, and Procurement

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

We're looking for:
A self-starter who develops solutions to technical issues
A motivated individual who's able to work closely within a geographically diverse team to resolve technical issues
Someone with the ability to handle shifting priorities, multiple projects and timeline pressure to meet deadlines
Someone comfortable with communicating in a variety of forums
The ability to work with management and program representatives at several levels

If selected for this position, you will be required to obtain a DOD Top Secret Security Clearance - ship required.

Basic Qualifications:
Materials or process related background and/or field of study
Formal coursework, training, experience and/or knowledge in Materials or Processes for development, improvement, design, application and production
Good writing, communication and interpersonal skills

This position requires the eligibility to obtain a DOD Top Secret Security Clearance - ship required.
Desired Skills:
Familiar with a variety of materials and process engineering disciplines including non-metals, adhesives, bonding, cleaning, failure analysis, and manufacturing operations
Familiar with general aerospace materials and processes
Familiarity with technical requirements (material and process specifications, program requirements, etc.)
Familiarity with technical requirements (specifications, program plans/requirements, etc.)
Non-conformance and failure analysis disposition experience
Understanding of material properties definitions
**Materials Engineering or Material Science B.S. Desired**
Clearance Level:Top 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:Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
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:9x80 every other Friday off

Experience Level:4 yr and up College
Business Unit:SPACE
Relocation Available:Possible
Career Area:Materials Engineering
Type:Full-Time
Shift:First