ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer Sr Stf - E5
- US citizenship
- Secret clearance
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About the job
## Standard Job Description Join Our Team as a ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer Sr Staff where you will work on the development of a sophisticated state-of-the-art avionics product in a world class Integrated Product Development environment.
Location: This position does not support teleworking; the selected candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in: - Littleton, CO You will be working a flexible 9x80 schedule in the office full-time.
The information below reflects the standard job description for this position: Develops, designs, verifies, and documents Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) development. Determines architecture design, logic design, and system simulation.
Assignments include the analysis of all aspects from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power utilization.
Typically uses specialized equipment to establish operation data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results. ## Basic Qualifications - Experience in the design of FPGA and/or ASIC devices. - HDL programming experience with VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog. - Willing and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required for this position. - Equivalent experience/combined education. - Acitve Secret Clearance. ## Desired Skills - Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline. - Understand the basics of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) implementation, and have the ability to implement a defined module or part of an algorithm. - Experience with DSP methodologies (Nyquist sampling, FFT/IFFT, digital filtering, FIR filters) - Familiar with MATLAB, C/C++, and VHDL/Verilog DSP implementation. - Understanding Fixed vs.
Floating-Point processing. - Experience or coursework in the design of FPGA and/or ASIC devices. - Experience in ASIC / FPGA life cycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test). - Knowledge of Forward Error Correction (FEC), interleaving/de-interleaving, hopping/dehopping, modulation/de-modulation, channelizers and reconstructors. - Experience with ADC and DAC implementation. - Experience or knowledge of MS Project, JIRA. - Experience leading projects of multiple engineers, managing schedules. prioritizing work and actively communicating with internal or external stakeholders. - Knowledge of space-grade/qualified FPGAs and ASICs. - Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS). - Experience in 5G and/or LTE is a plus. - Experience mentoring junior engineers. ## Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $166900.00 - $309900.00 At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people.
Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow - both professionally and personally. The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered:Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability. - Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position.
Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics. - For (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.
From Lockheed Martin's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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