Standard Job Description

The Product Sustainment Engineer (Process Integration Engineering team) drives depot‑level repair, modification, and refurbishment of Integrated Dewar Cooler Assemblies (IDCA) across multiple programs. Acting as the logistics liaison, you’ll coordinate material repairs/upgrades and deliver data‑driven recommendations for procurement and sustainment planning.

As a Sustainment Engineer, you’ll collaborate with engineering and business teams to coordinate repairs, aggregate functional inputs, and author basis‑of‑estimate documents for upcoming sustainment contracts. You’ll also conduct root‑cause analysis on field returns, characterize failure modes, and deliver actionable feedback to improve production processes.

Your responsibilities will include:

Lead fault isolation, troubleshooting, test‑data analysis, and root‑cause investigations.
Disposition repair instructions and document workflows in maintenance data‑collection systems (AMS and Apriso).
Oversee and track repairs, retrofits, and upgrades.
Serve as a primary logistics contact, updating stakeholders on hardware status and repair progress.
Analyze failure modes and provide technical feedback to production and engineering to enhance reliability.
Consolidate functional inputs and author basis‑of‑estimate documents for future sustainment contracts.

Basic Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, Physics or Similar Engineering discipline
Minimum 2 Years of Experience related to Manufacturing Engineering Disciplines (Product/Process/Operations/Quality)
Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite of Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Must be a US Citizen- This role requires a US Secret Clearance and special access due to work location.

Desired Skills

Experience in Windchill / SAP / Apriso

Experience in failure investigation

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $91200.00 - $169400.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

Sustainment Engineer - E2

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