RF Engineer, Principal - Grand Prairie, TX

Description: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 114,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. MFC is one of four Lockheed Martin business areas.

The Principal RF Engineer will serve as a recognized subject matter expert and one of the most senior individual technical contributors within RF Engineering, providing architectural leadership, strategic direction, and personal execution on the most technically challenging RF problems.

Responsibilities may include:

• Setting RF technical direction across multiple programs and IRAD efforts, owning long-range RF capability roadmaps and technology maturation strategy
• Serving as a prime consultant to top management on RF capture strategy, technical baselines, and investment prioritization with material impact on design/selling success, financial posture, and product portfolio decisions
• Personally leading the most technically demanding RF design, architecture, and analysis problems—from concept and trade‑space exploration through fielding
• Driving RF system‑of‑systems architectures and multi‑domain integration (EW, SIGINT, communications, RADAR), including next‑generation multi‑function aperture and contested‑spectrum solutions
• Owning competitive capture leadership for major RF efforts, including technical volume authorship, BOE development, and competitive technical strategy on programs
• Representing RF Engineering to senior customer executives, external technical communities, and corporate technical leadership; influencing technical strategy at the business‑area, sector, or corporate level
• Establishing and evolving engineering processes, standards, and tools that measurably improve organizational RF capability
• Mentoring staff‑, senior‑staff‑, and emerging‑principal‑level RF engineers; identifying and developing future technical leaders
• Leading or contributing to cross‑Business Area and cross‑corporate technical initiatives (e.g., Engineering Technical Council, Communities of Practice, Technical Fellow programs)
• Driving advancement of the state of the art through patent disclosures, peer‑reviewed publications, and professional society leadership (e.g., IEEE MTT‑S, AP‑S, AESS)

This position offers the opportunity to set the long‑term technical direction of RF engineering at MFC and to shape the workforce and technical capability for the next decade of mission needs.

Candidates may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related STEM field from an accredited university; advanced degree (MS or PhD) strongly preferred
• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in RF engineering or a closely related discipline, with a documented record of impact on design/selling success, financial posture, products, or technologies
• Recognized expert across multiple RF engineering domains, which could include:
  • RF/microwave system architecture and requirements decomposition from weapon‑system through component level
  • End‑to‑end RF chain design (antennas, transmitters, receivers, LNAs, HPAs, RF conversion, transmission line equipment)
  • RF link analysis and optimization, including propagation, interference, and contested‑spectrum effects
  • RF system/subsystem/component trade studies and CAIV analysis
  • Electronic Warfare (EW), radar, communications, or SIGINT system architecture, design, and integration
• Track record of serving as chief engineer, IPT lead, or technical lead on a major program/effort
• Demonstrated success driving competitive captures and IRAD strategy, including technical‑volume authorship, BOE development, and competitive technical strategy
• Authoritative communicator with the demonstrated ability to brief executive leadership, senior customer executives, and external technical communities
• Established record of mentoring and developing staff‑ and senior‑staff‑level RF engineers and…