Winter Co-op - Mechanical Engineering - Various Programs

Standard Job Description

This role is important in fulfilling the strategic roadmap goals of LM Canada.  As part of the Engineering team, you will be directly involved in translating customer requirements into best-in-class product solutions.   These resultant products/systems will serve to maintain Lockheed's robust position in the Naval market space.  As a new technical contributor, your role will include learning experiences designed to enrich your understanding of the value proposition that LM provides to our customers. 

Technical tasks:

• Mechanical design - Produce requirements-driven CAD model solutions to be productized for naval environments using Solidworks or Creo
• Physical analysis - Optimize structural design margins with FEA tools to ensure solutions are suitable for use
• Thermal design - Optimize mechanical designs considering thermal constraints for cabinet rack-mounted equipment
• RF design - Design systems considering conducted/radiated emissions and susceptibility
• Test planning - based on requirements develop verification plans to evaluate lifecycle performance of equipment/systems
• Peer reviewing - Ensure work products effectively meet requirements, conform to standards and eliminate defects earlier
• Requirements reviews- Conduct reviews of internal customer/stakeholder requirements ensuring they are objective and have a clearly defined achievement metric
• Design specifications - Author specifications detailing design rationale employed to effectively meet requirements
• Risk analysis - Assess risks/opportunities that may be realized during the development lifecycle

Responsibilities:

• Customer focus: Work with lead engineers to recognize the needs of internal customers and external customers to deliver on requirements.  Seek clarity on priorities against timelines. Highlights areas were risk may appear.  Suggest/seek mitigation strategies.
• Operational Excellence:  Take action to ensure internal production and other stakeholders are provided with clear documentation on product designs.  Seek remediation/clarity when inputs received are not meeting expectations.
• Continuous Improvement:  Seek regular opportunities to improve product development processes. Presents suggestions to peers for feedback.
• Measuring/Tracking Progress:  Show accountability for estimates of work and tracks progress in major tasks.
• Adaptive Leadership: Adapts to change by proactively seeking guidance when task priorities are competing.   Dealing with adversity, challenges and change with an open mind to improve one’s skill set and team work.

Basic Qualifications

• Current student in an engineering field, preferably electrical or mechanical.
• Working knowledge of MS Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio.
• Mechanical Design
• Thermal Design
• Aptitude for working well in teams.
• Ability to work independently.

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of Creo, SolidWorks will be considered an asset.
• Active security clearance will be considered an asset.
• Strong presentation skills
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
• Results-Oriented Self-Starter Attitude.