Description:

Lockheed Martin is seeking to hire a Program Quality Engineer Staff to support the THAAD program in Camden AR.

What You Will Be Doing
The THAAD program is critical to the success of US service women and men deployed throughout the world. Our mission is to rapidly and properly equip the U.S. government and its war fighters with the best possible systems and equipment anywhere in the world. Our operations utilize state of the art processes to produce and validate hardware for sophisticated missile systems.

The successful candidate will work as part of a cross-functional team providing support to THAAD development and production programs and ensure a proactive, integrated team approach to quality and systems across the programs.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
-This role will implement and maintain the required rhythms, processes, procedures, and culture to provide a fully compliant, integrated, and agile quality assurance function which builds quality into the product or transaction rather than attempting to inspect in quality.
-This role supports all functions with ongoing process improvements which drive unrequired costs out of the business and is an integral part of the management team, ensuring quality is an essential component of decisions, schedules, and plans.
-This role also includes responsibility for defining and executing strategic plans and Providing direction to THAAD operations functional quality personnel, act as quality liaison with local product management and cross functional team leaders, and interfacing with customers including on-site DCMA.
-Knowledgeable and capable of developing and implementing quality systems in support of site Operations program execution while complying with AS9100, Quality Management Systems.
-Successful candidate must be able to drive business improvements into current programs and functional areas while ensuring that effective preventive and corrective strategies are defined and executed.
-Supports quality leadership team in implementing strategy and quality assessment processes resulting in timely delivery of compliant processes presented through the DD250 process.

Why Join Us

The ideal candidate is a collaborative, results‑focused engineer who thrives in a cross‑functional environment and is passionate about delivering mission‑critical systems. This role offers the opportunity to shape quality strategy for a high‑impact defense program, work with cutting‑edge technology, and influence decisions that directly support our warfighters.

Further Information About This Opportunity

This position is in Camden. [Discover more about our Camden, Arkansas location.](a href= https://lmt.co/MFC-JobDescription-Camden)

Camden is part of the Timberlands region of Arkansas; it's a region with rich natural resources that was discovered by pioneers from the eastern United States in the early 1800s. The area is a great place to live, explore, and raise a family with an abundance of government contracting jobs. Cities within an hour or two of Camden include Little Rock, Texarkana, Hot Springs, Monroe, and Shreveport.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Basic Qualifications:

-Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
-Bachelors degree in STEM or higher, or equivalent years of experience.
-Well versed in reading and interpreting drawings and standards.
-Experience performing floor support functions and making appropriate quality decisions.
-Knowledge of Quality systems, demonstrated use of standard problem solving, troubleshooting tools, and root cause analysis skills.
-Ability to work with and around explosives.
-Experienced in using various inspection measurement tools
-Proficient in the use of Microsoft office suite.
Desired Skills:

-Bachelors degree in STEM or higher preferred
-Lean Six Sigma project work
-Knowledge of AS9100, AS9102, AS9103
-Working knowledge of SAP
-Knowledge of SPC, reliability
-Knowledge of 8D and DMAIC process
-Good communications and presentation skills.
Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level:

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.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level:

Experienced Professional
Business Unit:

MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available:

Possible
Career Area:

QA/Test and Inspection
Type:

Full-Time
Shift:

First