**Description:**
You will be the Quality Engineer for the **your team** \. Our team is responsible for ensuring product integrity and delivering high‑quality solutions to our customers\.
**What You Will Be Doing**
As the Quality Engineer you will be responsible for interfacing with Production, Program Quality Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering, investigating non‑conformance issues, conducting hardware quality audits and foreign‑object‑elimination walk‑downs, and driving continuous‑improvement initiatives\.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
+ Interfacing with Production, Program Quality Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering personnel
+ Investigating non‑conformance issues and implementing root‑cause corrective actions
+ Conducting Hardware Quality Audits \(HQAs\) and Foreign Object Elimination \(FOE\) walk‑downs
+ Participating in product, process, and surveillance audits/assessments to identify improvement opportunities
+ Developing and executing corrective‑preventive measures based on audit findings
**Why Join Us**
The ideal candidate is a collaborative, detail‑focused professional who thrives in a fast‑paced, mission‑critical environment\. You will be part of a forward‑thinking team that values innovation, integrity, and a shared commitment to keeping people safe\.
We are committed to supporting your work‑life balance and overall well‑being, offering flexible scheduling options\. Learn more about Lock comprehensive benefits package here \( \.
**Further Information About This Opportunity**
This position is in Troy\. Discover more about our Troy, Alabama location\. \(
MUST BE A U\.S\. CITIZEN \- This position is located at a facility that requires special access\. The selected candidate must possess an active Secret clearance to start\.
**Basic Qualifications:**
- Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited college in a STEM related degree
- Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance and must have an interim clearance prior to starting\.
\*\*Candidate must be able to pass a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives \("ATF"\) background check to obtain approval to be an "employee possessor" \(of explosives or other ATF\-regulated items\) as defined by ATF regulations\. Failure to obtain and retain employee possessor status may result in revocation of an offer and loss of employment\.
**Desired Skills:**
- STEM degree at bachelors level or above highly preferred
- Strong Microsoft Office skills \(Excel, PowerPoint, etc\.\)\.
- Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance \(GD&T\)\.
- Quality discipline internship or DoD Industry internship\.
- Experience with SAP, Windchill, MPMLink
**Security Clearance Statement:** This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration\.
**Clearance Level:** Secret
**Other Important Information You Should Know**
**Expression of Interest:** By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match\. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings\.
**Ability to Work Remotely:** Onsite Full\-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility\.
**Work Schedules:** Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees\. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed\. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits\.
**Schedule for this Position:** 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
**Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer\. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics\.**
**The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 \- 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration\.**
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours\. Our customers tackle the hardest missions\. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision\. They're dangerous\. Critical\. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives\. Those are the missions we care about\.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges\. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U\.S\., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories\.
**Experience Level:** Experienced Professional
**Business Unit:** MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
**Relocation Available:** Possible
**Career Area:** QA/Test and Inspection
**Type:** Full\-Time
**Shift:** First