RF Engineer Principle

Job ID: 665159BR Date posted: Apr. 18, 2024 Program: LVTS
Description:By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Come join the Lockheed Martin Space Radio Frequency (RF) Talent Center team as a Principle RF Engineer and shape the future! You can join our mission and contribute to challenging programs in support of Space Vehicles, Hypersonics, Human Space Flight and Interplanetary Missions, Missile Defense, and more.

In this role, the Principle RF Engineer:

• Architects and designs Radio Frequency systems and circuitry. Designs and develops RF circuitry used in high frequency and microwave applications, including receivers, transmitters, antennas, and frequency synthesizers.
• Is Responsible for hardware layout, component evaluation, prototype construction, and test. Prepares test methods and specifications; analyzes and tests RF hardware to verify performance characteristics.
• Drives inputs to Product Development for formal documentation and supports manufacturing during the deliverable assembly and test phase.
• Manages link analysis and optimization, including effects of propagation medium and possible interference sources.
• Drives RF system and subsystem functional and performance requirements.
Basic Qualifications:
• Expert with microwave RF subsystem design and hardware

• Expert in performing RF link analysis and prediction, as well as RF subsystem design analysis

• Demonstrated leadership and project management experience accomplishing both strategic objectives and execution of programs simultaneously

• Control Account Manager (CAM) experience with demonstrated ability to perform program baseline control

• Detailed knowledge of RF engineering Systems development through the design, build, test, integration, and operational phases

• Successful development and delivery of space-qualified RF Telecom systems

• Demonstrated experience with the risk management process

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, math, physics or other related discipline or equivalent work experience
Desired Skills:
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing high performing teams

• Effective working in a fast-paced and dynamic multi-disciplinary environment

• Ability to build key relationships across organizations internally within LM and externally with government customer to achieve organizational and program goals

• Excellent presentation, oral and written skills to facilitate effective and efficient technical and business interchanges with senior customer and management

• Experience with program lifecycle execution from concept phase through end-of-life phase

• Ability to use a broad network of relationships across Lockheed Martin business areas to achieve program and organizational goals

• Experience creating and managing RF subsystems through technology maturation roadmaps

• Experience with procurement and management of supplier-developed hardware to include collaboration with enterprise subcontract management teams

• Development of requirements and interface definitions resolution/remediation process leading to mission success

• Business capture process, including estimating, architecture definition, and baseline control

• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering
Clearance Level: None
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: 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.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: 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.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, or Washington is $159,600 - $305,900 . 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, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and 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. 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.

This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electrical Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First