Opto-Mechanical Engineer Staff
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 2026. Lockheed Martin scores A on the Alion truth index.
Standard Job Description
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The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:
Researches, plans, designs, develops, and tests optical elements including lenses, filters, beamsplitters, reflective, and diffractive elements in mechanical structures, assemblies, mechanisms, and fixtures that allow optical systems to meet performance and operational requirements.Designs precision components and mechanisms to enclose, retain, and maintain alignment of optical elements within system tolerance specifications. Selects materials based on optical alignment tolerances, manufacturing tolerances, induced environments, and ergonomic requirements. Leads or produces design documentation packages for suppliers which consists of optical and mechanical drawings with specification, tolerance, and special process steps. Generate requirements, specifications, performance budgets, build and test procedures, verification plans, and operating manuals.
Basic Qualifications
- Proficiency with standard Mechanical CAD and Structural Analysis tools such as CREO, NASTRAN, NX or similar.
- Proficiency with Product Data Management/Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Windchill or similar.
- 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Structural/Stress Analyst.
- Familiarity with specification development and decomposition.
- Active Top Secret Security clearance: US Citizenship required.
Desired Skills
- Bachelor or advance degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Optical Sciences, or related field.
- Experience in the aerospace and/or defense industry.
- Experience with Electro-Optical payloads and/or systems.
- Experience with STOP (Structural, Thermal, Optical Performance) analysis.
- Experience with vibration testing & instrumentation including test procedure development, instrumentation definition, test direction, and post-test model correlation.
- Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $135700.00 - $251900.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: 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, and 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; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.