Basic Qualifications
- Demonstrated hands‑on experience (typically 2 + years) maintaining equipment.
- Proficiency reading and interpreting electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, etc.
- Solid understanding of basic instrumentation, calibration procedures, and preventive‑maintenance practices.
- Ability to follow safety, clean‑room, and quality‑control protocols while working on a production floor.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills, with a track record of diagnosing and repairing mechanical or electronic faults in a timely manner.
Job Description
About Lockheed Martin Space:
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.
Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.
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The Support Equipment Technician serves as the backbone of our flight‑hardware production line, ensuring that every piece of test and manufacturing equipment operates at peak performance while the facility environment remains stable and compliant with aerospace standards. In this role you will execute preventive and corrective maintenance on thermal, thermal‑vacuum, and vibration test systems, perform calibrations, diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical faults, and keep detailed maintenance records that drive equipment reliability. You will also continuously monitor the plant’s environmental controls, power quality, safety interlocks, and clean‑room conditions, generating status reports that enable the production team to anticipate and mitigate potential disruptions. By providing rapid, knowledgeable support during circuit‑card, module, and box‑level testing, you help maintain test schedules, protect the integrity of satellite components, and contribute to the overall efficiency and quality of the manufacturing process. Your proactive stewardship of equipment health and facility readiness directly supports Lockheed Martin’s mission to deliver high‑performance, flight‑qualified hardware on time and to specification.
Desired Skills
- A&P (Airframe & Powerplant) license – valid FAA certification demonstrating proficiency with aircraft mechanical systems and propulsion.
- PLC Systems
- Hands‑on troubleshooting – ability to quickly diagnose and repair electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical issues on complex test equipment.
- Instrumentation & calibration expertise – experience with precision gauges, data acquisition systems, and maintaining calibration records.
- Preventive‑maintenance planning – skill in developing and executing maintenance schedules that maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
Other Important Information
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.
