ASIC​/FPGA Design Engineer III

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• Experience in design, debug and/or verification of ASICs or FPGAs.
• Willing and able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.

E2523: ASIC & FPGA Design Eng Sr

Join Our Team as an ASIC & FPGA Engineer where you will support over 50 different programs and research and development (R&D) efforts across military space, civil space, commercial space, missiles, missile defense platforms, satellite surveillance platforms, deep space exploration, and manned flight missions.

Location:

This position does not support teleworking; you will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in King of Prussia, PA. You will work a flexible 9x80 schedule in the office full‑time.

About Lockheed Martin Space:
Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

We are building the best ASIC/FPGA team in the world at Lockheed Martin Space’s Silicon Solutions team and seeking a Technical Lead who excels in multiple skill areas: soft/people leadership, project planning and technical. You will leverage your background in ASIC or FPGA development and/or verification and take ownership of project execution and delivery.

• Build and maintain strong technical relationships with multiple programs, serving as trusted advisor and technical point of contact.
• Lead a high‑performing team of up to 7 people, prioritizing and allocating daily tasks to ensure successful project execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Develop and execute comprehensive project plans, delivering results within +/- 10% of schedule and budget while meeting agreed‑upon quality metrics, and adapting Agile and Waterfall methodologies as needed to ensure successful outcomes.
• Proactively monitor and manage team member workloads, tracking progress against assigned tasks and labor capacity, while collaborating with project engineers and managers to ensure clear communication regarding the team's execution.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence by providing guidance, mentorship, and expertise to team members on architecture, code, best practices, and command media.
• Balance hands‑on technical work with other leadership responsibilities, ensuring that technical tasks do not compromise ability to fulfill responsibilities such as team leadership, mentoring, and project oversight.
• Be responsible for the review and release of all work products to agreed quality standards.
• Collaborate with teams to identify, scope and plan new opportunities and support completed work.
• Perform advance chip architecture work for new programs and opportunities.
• Prepare regular status and loading reports as well as materials and data for operations reviews.
• Assist manager in:
  • Reviewing and approving project plans.
  • Technical proposal development, including scope capture and schedule development.
  • Providing performance assessment input of individuals on your team.
  • Program communication, issue de‑escalation and risk mitigation.
  • Determining team load capacity.

• Experience in design, debug and/or verification of ASICs or FPGAs.
• 3+ years professional experience.
• While no clearance is needed to start in this position, you will need to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance; US Citizenship is required.

• Experience in leading or managing ASIC or FPGA projects.
• Demonstrated self‑starter and voracious learner.
• High EQ (Emotional Intelligence).
• Space system design experience.
• Understanding of system and hardware requirements related to space.
• Microsoft Project or equivalent.
• Microsoft Office.
• Atlassian JIRA or equivalent.
• Experience being a Control Accounts Manager (CAM) using Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Customer‑facing communication experience (product/services…