Industrial Engineering Intern

Job Description

Job Title: Industrial Engineering Intern

Company: Lockheed Martin

Company Overview:
At Lockheed Martin, we unite individuals who harness their passion for purposeful innovation to ensure people’s safety and tackle the world’s most intricate challenges. Our workforce comprises some of the industry’s brightest minds, making Lockheed Martin an exceptional workplace. We prioritize our employees by offering diverse career opportunities designed to foster development and enhance agility. Our commitment to flexible schedules, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits enables our employees to lead healthy, fulfilling lives both within and outside of work. We emphasize empowering our employees through fostering innovation, integrity, and embodying the highest standards of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Job Summary:
The Industrial Engineering Intern will play a crucial role in supporting the Industrial Engineering team, focusing on the analysis, design, and improvement of manufacturing processes. This intern will engage in real-world projects, gaining invaluable hands-on experience with lean principles, data analysis, and process optimization within a world-class final assembly manufacturing facility.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Complete a series of projects that directly apply the analytical and problem-solving skills acquired in Industrial Engineering coursework.
• Collaborate closely with production personnel and cross-functional teams to identify process constraints and drive actionable change.
• Assist with time study and work measurement activities.
• Analyze production data using tools such as Excel, Tableau, SQL, or Python to identify variability, bottlenecks, and risk factors that substantiate improvement opportunities.
• Apply lean tools to progress from problem identification through root cause analysis, develop countermeasure solutions, and verify results.
• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and performance reports that visualize key metrics.
• Continuously refine reporting tools to enhance data visibility for stakeholders.
• Prepare clear, concise project updates, technical documentation, and presentation decks tailored for cross-functional audiences.

Security Clearance Requirement:
The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Solid understanding of statistical analysis and lean manufacturing concepts.

Desired Skills:

• Practical work experience, including prior internship or co-op experience.
• Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Excel Macros, Python).
• Experience with Discrete Event Simulation (e.g., Simio) and data visualization tools (Tableau, Grafana).
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

Application Window:
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 – 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

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.

Work Schedule Information:
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five-day work week, while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time Off benefits.

National Pay Statement (For California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC):

• Annual Base Salary Range: $31,616 – $77,788
• For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location.
• Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Premium Pay Statement (For most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York):

• Annual Base Salary Range: $36,504 – $77,788
• For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location.
• Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits Offered:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• Holidays

(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Represented full-time employees: accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.