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Overview

Lockheed Martin’s RMS team at Mitchel Field, Long Island is seeking a full-time Early Career Mechanical Engineer to join a fast-moving hardware group that supports the U.S. Navy’s Strategic Navigation Submarine Program. This role offers broad exposure to mechanical part design, tooling, CAD development, and collaboration with teams and customers.

Responsibilities

  • Mechanical part design and troubleshooting at the component and assembly level
  • Special tooling and test equipment design and troubleshooting
  • CAD development and drawing release
  • Collaborate across teams and directly with customers to address emergent issues

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
  • 1-2 years of relevant professional experience, including internships or co-ops
  • Applied experience with core mechanical engineering concepts such as piece-part and assembly level design to ASME standards
  • Experience working with mechanical design documentation using Creo Parametric and PTC Windchill
  • Ability to work effectively on Agile teams, both on-site and remotely
  • Strong interpersonal and time-management skills

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Mitchel Field, Long Island (NYC Metro Area)
  • Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Uniondale, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $56/hr, this posting sits about 61% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New York — toward the top of a $28–$42/hr middle band drawn from 109 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% 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 Uniondale, NY

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Uniondale, NY, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 107 employers. Browse welding jobs across New York.

Lockheed Martin currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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