Production Industrial Engineer (Mid-Career)

Role Overview
As a Production Industrial Engineer, you will drive improvements across manufacturing operations by analyzing data, optimizing processes, and leading initiatives that enhance production efficiency, throughput, and cost performance.

You will work at the intersection of production, data, and engineering, partnering across functions to ensure manufacturing systems are designed and operating at peak performance.

Key Responsibilities
Analyze production data to identify inefficiencies, root causes, and improvement opportunities
Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives using Lean principles and Industrial Engineering methods
Develop and apply discrete event simulation or similar modeling techniques to evaluate production scenarios and optimize system performance
Support production planning activities including capacity analysis, scheduling, and production rate optimization
Partner with Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering to support production line design, layout, and workflow optimization
Establish and monitor performance metrics related to cost, schedule, and throughput
Collaborate cross-functionally across production, engineering, supply chain, and program teams
Drive sustainable process improvements and ensure long-term adoption of solutions
Mentor and provide guidance to junior engineers as needed
Provide occasional off-shift support to maintain production continuity

Work Environment
Fast-paced, production-focused environment
High cross-functional collaboration
Exposure to advanced manufacturing systems and analytics tools
Focus on innovation, continuous improvement, and measurable results

About Lockheed Martin Space
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. Were creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security vision. Were erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. Were advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And were 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. Proven experience launching and scaling new production lines or factories
Experience with Discrete Event Simulation (DES) of production processes
Experience conducting process time studies and workflow analysis
Experience with production planning, scheduling, capacity analysis, or production rate optimization
Experience developing/analyzing metrics and analyzing cost, schedule, and performance data
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance Value Stream analysis experience identifying waste and bottlenecks in a production environment
Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Value Stream Mapping, process mapping, line balancing)
Proven ability to conduct ergonomic risk assessments to recommend and implement engineering controls and tool design improvements to minimize personnel risks
Experience developing Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) baselines for critical equipment in a production flow
Ability to lead Kaizen events to improve operational efficiency.
Experience applying SMED Concepts to CNC and CMM Changeovers
Experience executing ramp plans to increase production rates while maintaining quality and efficiency
Partner with Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering to support production line design, layout, and workflow optimization
Experience using production analytics and simulation tools (e.g., SAP, Apriso, VECAMS, Tableau, Simio)
Active Secret security clearance is highly preferred