Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lockheed Martin is an aerospace and defense company seeking a Senior Procurement Engineer to support the procurement engineering team. The role leads cross-functional efforts involving sourcing, operations, design engineering, and suppliers to ensure efficient, cost-effective procurement of critical components and resolve producibility, quality, cost, and reliability challenges.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with sourcing, operations, design engineering, and suppliers to facilitate design, production, test, and qualification
• Analyze technical data, specifications, and manufacturing constraints to assess supplier capabilities
• Evaluate and recommend potential suppliers based on cost, capability, and performance
• Lead cross‑functional teams to solve producibility, quality, cost, and reliability challenges
• Drive technical trade‑offs and standardization to achieve economical procurement

Skills

• Generally has 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's or post-secondary degree from an accredited college or equivalent experience/combined education
• Experience with manufacturing engineering processes or policies
• Ability to facilitate cross-functional teams and discussions to drive results
• Project Management Experience
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and industry specifications
• Ability to read and interpret Statement of Work/Statement of Requirement
• Must be able to obtain a secret clearance if required
• Experience capturing, aggregate, analyzing, and presenting data that effectively
• Background/Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or similar field, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certified
• Experience with Process Simulator, SIMIO, or other capacity analysis tools
• Experience with problem solving techniques, tools and methodologies, such as root cause corrective action (RCCA)
• Statement of Work or Requirements writing experience
• Ability to drive process improvements and/or root cause/corrective actions utilizing quantitative analytical methods
• Strong understanding of end to end procurement processes, including sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier performance management
• Proven ability to support cost-optimizing for affordable, high quality products on schedule and in compliance
• Understanding of both FAR and Middle Tier/Rapid Acquisition Pathways
• Knowledge of common missile and/or sensor subsystems and supply base
• Knowledge of automated manufacturing

Benefits

• 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
• 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 and receive at least 90 hours for holidays.
• For Washington state applicants only, represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month, accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually, and receive at least 96 hours for holidays.

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