Staff - Mechanical Engineer

Lockheed Martin View all jobs

Ottawa, ON
Permanent
Full-time

6 days ago

Employee TypeFull TimeVacancy TypePermanentTown/RegionOttawa, ONAbout the role

Lead/mentor teams of design engineers and SMEs as well as act as an individual contributor.
Conduct requirement reviews and generate estimates based on recent precedent and new tasks
Conduct risk reviews of new projects to aid in preparation of contingency or to identify opportunities
Perform design of hardened packaging while considering the input of stakeholders including the Production facilities/vendors
Contribute to or lead team training initiatives to develop members capabilities
Take part and encourage peer reviews during the various design stages to root out errors early and to enable greater team communication on happenings within the team
Collect metrics to evaluate performance on delivery of items and to suggest areas for process improvement
Technical tasks:
Mechanical design - Produce requirements-driven CAD model solutions to be productized for naval environments. Review design outputs to ensure quality standards are achieved.
Physical analysis - Review /optimize structural design margins with FEA tools ensuring suitability for use
Thermal design - Review/optimize mechanical designs considering thermal constraints for any electrical systems equipment
RF design - Review/design systems considering conducted/radiated emissions and susceptibility
Test planning - Review/develop verification plans to evaluate lifecycle performance of equipment/systems
Peer reviewing - Ensure work products effectively meet requirements, conform to standards and eliminate defects earlier in design cycle
Requirements reviews- Conduct reviews of internal customer/stakeholder requirements ensuring they are objective and have a clearly defined achievement metric
Design specification authoring - Complete specifications detailing design rationale employed to effectively meet requirements
Risk analysis - Assess risks/opportunities that may be realized during the development lifecycle

Responsibilities:

Customer focus: Able to balance the needs of internal customers and external customers to deliver on requirements. Create clarity and flow down of priorities against timeline. Identifies risk and probable likelihood and impacts to schedule, cost and quality. Socialize risk plans and mitigation strategies with stakeholders. Ensures risks are documented in project risk registry with clear owner, status and contingency assets.
Operational Excellence: Ensure NPI inputs are aligned with standard industry/LMC practices to ensure an efficient transition from design to fabrication to shorten the path to revenue realization.
Continuous Improvement: Approves and implements opportunities to improve product development processes. Socializes improvement initiative/new processes for stakeholder use and information.
Measuring/Tracking Progress: Mentors staff on EV and reports on BoE justification and logs cause/effect risks of significant labor time deviations. Will include Control Account Manager (CAM) role on projects.
Adaptive Leadership: Accepts constant change by pivoting solution direction to employ a variety of alternatives as deliverable scope evolves. Leverages strong historic credibility to broaden solution envelopes. Interest in the business on a broader scale is evidenced by market knowledge and competitive threats. Make conscious use of the organizational strengths and weaknesses to justify tactical proposals.

What you bring to the roleBachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace or industrial engineering or the physical sciences from an accredited college or university or its equivalent and usually a minimum of eight (8) years relevant work experience.

Experience with Solidworks, and or CREO, Windchill PLM or other Product Life Cycle Management (PLM systems), Thermal simulation, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Design For Manufacture (DFM) or Design For Excellence (DFX), Earned Value, Design for Cost, Time management, ECN's or Engineering Change Orders (ECO).
Demonstrated experience in design to standards for mechanical shock, vibration, humidity/dust ingress
Demonstrated experience in design to RF and thermal standards
Demonstrated experience in design for manufacture/assembly/test and root cause analysis
Demonstrated experience with finite element analysis tools for mechanical analysis
Demonstrated experience with computational flow analysis tools

Additional skills desired for the rolePMP (Project Management)DisciplineMechanical EngineeringAbout usHeadquartered in Ottawa, Lockheed Martin Canada is the Canadian unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, a global defense technology company driving innovation and advancing scientific discovery. Our all-domain mission solutions and 21st Century Security® vision accelerate the delivery of transformative technologies to ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready. We operate major facilities in Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Calgary and Victoria and work on a wide range of programs from advanced naval technology products, aircraft sustainment, and unmanned systems software. This position is part of the Rotary and Mission Systems business area, where employees across Canada support engineering, systems integration, training, sustainment and in-service support programs for Canadian and international military customers across land, air and sea.What we offer youWe walk our talk when it comes to work/life balance! Your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment, this is what you can expect when you join our team as a Regular Full-Time employee:

Flexible, compressed work schedules, depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off, as well as the possibility to work remote part-time
Competitive compensation
Time to recharge with vacation, personal days, holidays, and parental leaves
Comprehensive Family Medical, Dental and Vision coverage available on your first day of employment, along with:

Virtual Health Care (24/7 access to medical professionals)
A Wellness Spending Account to aid in your wellness journey
Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) which includes free face to face counselling sessions
Medical Travel Insurance
Onsite fitness facilities at our main office locations
A Registered Retirement Savings Plan that includes matching company contributions on your first day of employment, that also includes access to Financial Advisors providing investment advice and comprehensive financial planning
Employee discounts to save on goods, services and various recreational activities
Access to a robust spectrum of development resources to enhance your skills and/or advance your career including:

Free learning resources through a modern and engaging platform
Education Assistance Program
Reimbursement for a professional membership
Self-directed Mentoring

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