Lockheed Martin

College Student Tech Sr.

May 2018 • Rochester, NY

What I liked

Flexible schedule/hours. Exciting project work.

What I wish was different

More team meetings/daily stand ups.

Advice

Make sure you work your pace. Apply on their website. And be confident and honest. They want to help you learn as much as you want to learn from them.

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Mechanical Design Intern

May - August 2018 • Grand Prairie, TX

What I liked

Lockheed does their best to give interns actual work that matters to the program, and gives them plenty of freedom to learn. The people are always super helpful, and the managers will do their best to adjust your workload to your ability. The intern program involves a speaker series that includes the vice president and executive vice president, as well as many program managers and others who were able to give amazing insight into the company and advice to the interns.

What I wish was different

Honestly, Lockheed has everything I would hope for in a company: a great culture, enjoyable work, and excellent pay.

Advice

Lockheed looks for the best of the best students, almost to their detriment. Getting in requires something significant on your resume that makes you stand out above the rest (for me, this was the fact that I received a full academic scholarship). The one key skill they are looking for in Mechanical Engineers is CAD experience, so gaining and stating this experience is very important. When I interviewed, these were the only two things my interviewer had highlighted on my resume.

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Subcontractor intern

May - August 2018 • Littleton, CO

What I liked

The overal experience of working for the largest defense contractor in the world.

What I wish was different

Nothing. This was amazing and I accepting a return offer

Advice

Get to know the recruiter and keep in touch with them. I applied last year and did not get the postition but I stayed in contact and the recruiter remembered me and offered me the internship position.

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Procurement Assistant Intern

March - September 2021 • Moorestown Township, NJ

What I liked

- telework - company culture

What I wish was different

- quality of work - opportunity for growth

Advice

Try to stay busy, apply yourself and offer to contribute whenever possible.

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Engineering Intern

May - September 2018 • Littleton, CO

What I liked

Getting the exposure of working at an accredited aerospace company and contributing to major space projects.

What I wish was different

Having my mentor give me even more exposure to what it's like to be a professional engineer.

Advice

Be organized and patient.

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Electrical Engineer Intern

May - July 2018 • Palmdale, CA

What I liked

Great company to work for and take care of their interns

What I wish was different

Advice

Get out there and meet new people!!

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Corporate Financial Analyst

March 2019 • Orlando, FL

What I liked

Highly professional environment that is constantly looking to push your limits. Great room to grow and advance with the company. Great benefits and work schedule.

What I wish was different

The training and learning process is highly dependent on yourself. This unstructured approach leaves many new students with ambiguity in performance.

Advice

If you're looking to work here it's a great place to grow and learn if your self-motivated. It is highly encouraged that you start your employment with a good first step and explain to your manager that you'll need a little guidance starting out.

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HR Business Partner

June - August 2018 • Sunnyvale, CA

What I liked

Lockheed Martin has a fantastic internship program that plugs you into a great team that allows you to apply what you learn at CP to actual work! I loved my team and the opportunities they granted me. The stuff you see at Lockheed is incredible!

What I wish was different

More intern events!

Advice

Take advantage of all the opportunities Lockheed provides and ask to see other areas of the company, because they love when employees consistently grow their knowledge!

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Finance intern

June 2018 • Lexington, KY

What I liked

The company is amazing. People are great and want to see you succeed in every aspect. Very good teachers.

What I wish was different

Nothing. It was and still is literally the best internship you could ever ask for.

Advice

Know Excel! I use it every day. It is vital to know how to use it and work it. Take bae 105 serious. I also can't say what I got paid. It goes against our ethics and I can get into serious trouble. It is very competitive though.

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Software Engineering Intern

June - December 2018 • Syracuse, NY

What I liked

Good team environment

What I wish was different

Paid more

Advice

Don’t be afraid to ask for help

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Electrical Engineer Intern

July 2018 • Bothell, WA

What I liked

This company does everything to make sure you feel welcomed and supported while working there as an intern. We have the option to learn about many different disciplines (EE, ME, Optics, Materials, QA), which helped me decide what I wanted to pursue. Often, they hold different speakers during lunch so that we can learn what their day-to-day jobs are like, how they got to where they are, etc. This helps expose us to different types of jobs and what the path to a career looks like. Each week, there are meetings with your manager to talk through your tasks, your workload, and overall how your experience is going. There are also many opportunities to participate in social events to get closer to the other interns. Over the course of the entire summer, the interns were placed on teams for a program-long project. We learned the process of engineering project proposals, and had to present in front of a "customer". Overall, this company offers many opportunities for learning about what you want to do, how to do it, and generally how to be successful as an engineer/physicist/scientist for a company.

What I wish was different

There are no aspects of the internship that I wish were different. The only things I find myself wishing were different are how I spent my time. I always wish that I had asked more questions, engaged more, learned more on my own, etc. Ultimately, an internship experience is what you make of it. The only thing that I wish was different about the program is the location--but that's a personal desire of mine to experience work outside of WA.

Advice

If you are starting an internship, or have been at one previously, do not hesitate to ask questions! In the end, by asking questions you are helping yourself learn more. Often, I am faced with tasks that I may not know how to complete individually. I can start by searching online to learn on my own, but it is crucial to ask for help from your coworkers, or possibly someone you don't work with directly but who may be a subject matter expert on that topic. Additionally, if you feel overworked or underworked, talk with your manager. They are there to help you, and you do not want to feel like you're getting behind or you're not learning anything.

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Architectural Drafter

August 2016 • Ocala, FL

What I liked

Lockheed Martin is a big corporation and with that kind of name on your resume, you can't lose.

What I wish was different

Better pay.

Advice

In the end, it doesn't matter what you do just as long as you are happy.

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Production Operations Intern

May - July 2019 • Marietta, GA

What I liked

I learned a new programming language and had some flexibility on what I worked on. I also got to interact with shop floor operators to analyze processes and discover bottlenecks.

What I wish was different

I would have liked more structure to what I was supposed to work on. A number of days were spent trying to find enough work for me to stay busy.

Advice

Be prepared to spend a few weeks waiting on the bureaucratic processes required to get your computer and software set up.

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Engineering Intern

June - September 2018 • Owego, NY

What I liked

I learned more about the process and materials side of chemical engineering.

What I wish was different

The workload was a little low, but not too bad.

Advice

Come with an open mind and willingness to learn, but just know that things tend to move a little slowly.

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Industrial Engineer

November 2018 • Johnstown, PA

What I liked

The ability to move forward with my career

What I wish was different

Advice

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Test Engineer

August 2018 • Palmdale, CA

What I liked

What I wish was different

More support from my university

Advice

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Project Management and Planning Operations Rep Asc

January 2018 • Fort Worth, TX

What I liked

Unique opportunity to use my skills diverse company crazy projects networking

What I wish was different

culture of management flexible hours

Advice

if you're looking into the defense industry, be sure to find a position that you think you would like doing everyday. sometimes you'll be working well over 50 hours.

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Quality Engineering Intern

June - August 2019 • Orlando, FL

What I liked

How helpful and understanding the employees were. The work environment was wonderful.

What I wish was different

I wish they had given me a bit more regular work. I was given tasks at random so there was times I had not much to do and other times I had alot that didnt last.

Advice

Ask a lot of questions. People are always willing to help and dont expect you to know everything off the bat.

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Software Engineer Intern

May - December 2018 • Syracuse, NY

What I liked

Everyone at Lockheed Martin has been friendly and helpful!

What I wish was different

I wish there had been more interns that chose to stay for a double block co-op like I did.

Advice

Internships like these are great for gaining professional experience.

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Program Management Intern

May 2019 • Stratford, CT

What I liked

They did a great job of integrating me with the team right away and making a contributing member. By the end of the summer I was leading meetings with the customer and presenting to high level Lockheed Martin Execs.

What I wish was different

There is a good amount of jargon and technical details that you may not totally understand going in to this internship, but you will pick up on fast.

Advice

The biggest thing i took away was to always be flexible and to (almost) always say yes when asked if you would be able to help someone out. I had some really cool experiences because I agreed to help out people who were not necessarily on my direct team.

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