Associate Manager - Program Quality Engineering - Goleta, CA
Lockheed Martin
Full-time
other-general
Location
Goleta, CA, United States
Posted
June 06, 2026
Job Description
**Description:** You will be the Program Quality Engineering Associate Manager for the Missiles and Fire Control Santa Barbara Focalplane team. Our team is responsible for delivering mission‑critical systems with uncompromising quality.
What You Will Be Doing
As the Program Quality Engineering Associate Manager you will be responsible for optimizing and growing the quality team structure, providing strategic quality leadership, and ensuring successful development, production, and sustainment of the Mission Systems program portfolio.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Liaise between programs, manufacturing sites across LM, and the supply base.
- Ensure compliance with customer requirements across the portfolio.
- Optimize program quality execution while driving out risks.
- Establish key performance metrics and conduct data analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
- Mentor and develop talent to strengthen the organization.
Why...
What You Will Be Doing
As the Program Quality Engineering Associate Manager you will be responsible for optimizing and growing the quality team structure, providing strategic quality leadership, and ensuring successful development, production, and sustainment of the Mission Systems program portfolio.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Liaise between programs, manufacturing sites across LM, and the supply base.
- Ensure compliance with customer requirements across the portfolio.
- Optimize program quality execution while driving out risks.
- Establish key performance metrics and conduct data analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
- Mentor and develop talent to strengthen the organization.
Why...