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Overview

The Structural Design Engineer Staff - Level 4 position at Lockheed Martin involves developing innovative airframe structures for military aircraft, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements while collaborating with various teams.

Responsibilities

  • Develop airframe structure designs and preliminary layouts that ensure compliance with standards and manufacturability.
  • Conduct incremental design reviews and communicate progress with stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with stress analysis, tooling, supply-chain, and quality assurance teams to ensure successful implementation.
  • Evaluate design factors such as material availability, weight efficiency, cost, and interchangeability.
  • Review drawings for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to specifications, and recommend improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Aerospace, or Aeronautical Engineering, or high school diploma with equivalent experience in an Engineering role.
  • Generally has 5+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline.
  • Experience in CAD systems (e.g. CATIA V5, NX, SolidWorks, CCD etc.).
  • Experience with metallic or composite structural design.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be a U.S. citizen as this position requires special access and a government security clearance.
  • Flexible scheduling options are available.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Marietta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $72/hr, this posting sits about 177% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Marietta, GA — toward the top of a $24–$40/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Marietta, GA

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Marietta, GA right now, from 17 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 407 other active welding openings from 255 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Marietta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Lockheed Martin currently has 4 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Mullins Mechanical (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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