Component / Obsolescence Engineer

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Obsolescence Engineer responsible for managing Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) risks across complex systems with long service life requirements. This role ensures lifecycle sustainability of hardware through proactive monitoring, risk mitigation planning, alternate part qualification, and coordination with engineering, supply chain, and program leadership.

This Obsolescence Engineer role will include a wide variety of obsolescence tasks and activities as part of a team within the Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) organization, with a primary focus on project management.
Responsibilities will include:
Developing obsolescence predictions and mitigation strategy
Supporting design reviews as required and presenting obsolescence mitigations to management and customer
Support in creating and updating CDRL submissions and reviewing subcontractors SDRL submissions
Coordinate with other disciplines such as Design Engineering, Procurement, Subcontracts, and Test
Work to or revising the DMSMS/Obsolescence Management Plan
As an Obsolescence Engineer, you will spend much of your time working in a team environment, obtaining inputs from other engineers, performing analyses, and creating presentations/reports. You will interact with engineers, suppliers, quality, program managers, customers, and customer consultants.

We're looking for:
A self-starter who develops solutions to technical issues
A motivated individual who's able to work closely within a geographically dispersed team to resolve technical issues
Someone with the ability to handle shifting priorities, multiple projects and timeline pressure to meet deadlines
Someone comfortable with communicating in a variety of forums
Someone with the ability to work with management and program representatives at several levels

The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. Interested applicants should be eligible to work on-site full-time.

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Learn more about Lockheed Martins comprehensive benefits package. Familiar with obsolescence practices and principles
Familiar with evaluating complex data, spotting inconsistencies, and proposing sound solutions
Familiar with presenting technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Willingness/eligibility to obtain/maintain a SECRET clearance; US Citizenship required Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/combined education
Ability to identify needs, prioritize work, and drive tasks to completion with minimal supervision
Familiarity with SD-22
Experience with critical minerals
Experience using AI tools and/or building AI agents
Proficient with Microsoft Excel
Active or Current Secret clearance