Materials Engineer

Materials Engineer

Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Great rate (Inside IR35)

6 months

Lockheed Martin (UK) Ampthill is a rapidly changing, dynamic part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation with both domestic and international customers.

It consists of business areas focusing on Platform Integration, Ground Based Air Defence, Special Projects and Weapons, which provide a variety of products and services to the Ministry of Defence and other customers.

We are looking for talented individuals to join the company, in return we offer an exciting and challenging career path as a contractor, with excellent work/life balance with a 4 day week (Mon-Thurs) and flexible working arrangements.

We are seeking a proven Materials Engineer to join our Special Projects team at Lockheed Martin, Ampthill on an initial contract basis.

Please note due to the nature of the work this role is 100% on-site based.

What will I be doing?

The job involves a wide range of materials research activities including:

1. Leading small scale materials research tasks while ensuring the cost and schedule achievement of the task.
2. Supporting the development of manufacturing processes to ensure consistent manufacturable products that meet required quality and technical requirements.
3. Providing advice and recommendations on Materials testing, selection and application.
4. Building and maintaining materials properties databases and specifications to support the Engineering community.
5. Producing technical documentation to support all activities, from trials specifications to detailed trials reporting.
6. Communicating with all stakeholders, including Programme, Internal Stakeholder and any external suppliers to ensure planning is detailed and results delivered to the highest standards.
7. Use of Microsoft Office and some bespoke software tools associated with materials trials analysis.
8. Niche skills are required across either composites and / or metallics.
9. Composite focus is on Carbon / Silica phenolic composite processing and characterisation.
10. Metallics research is focused on additive manufacturing in a range of alloys.
11. We are also looking into novel technologies for space and aerospace applications so experience in high temperature materials / materials used in hypersonics would be a welcome addition.

What skills will I need?

1. Materials research or Materials science and engineering background (qualifications and work experience) in composite materials or metallics.
2. Composites experience in carbon fibre composites processing and testing.
3. Additive manufacturing in Aluminium / Stainless Steel.
4. Understanding of composite materials processing / metallic additive manufacturing.
5. Experience in composite and/or metallic characterisation methods.
6. Understanding of composite materials applied to space and aerospace applications.
7. Writing technical documents.

Desired Skills:

1. Background in high temperature materials / Hypersonics materials would be a welcome addition.
2. Experience of Lab based materials development and testing.
3. Understanding of phenolic resin processing, properties and chemistry.
4. Experience of working within an ISO 9001 Quality system.
5. Presentation skills.
6. Knowledge of both destructive and non-destructive inspection techniques.

We pride ourselves on mission focused innovation, where performance excellence is at the heart of everything we do.

We’ll provide you with meaningful work that will allow you to grow your skills and enhance your career with us, but equally important to us is that you enjoy a strong work life balance as well.

Our 4xFlex 4-day working week is a particular favourite amongst the team, giving you every Friday off, to spend more time doing the things you enjoy.

So if you are interested in joining a growing team working on exciting programmes there has never been a better time to apply!

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence.

By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.

We know that diversity of thought leads to better solutions for our customers.

Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert.

In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process.

If you require assistance or adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact recruitment.lmuk@global.lmco.com or call 023 92 458 000.