ASIC​/FPGA Design Engineer IV

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• Experience in the design, debugging and/or verification of one or more of the following: FPGAs, Digital ASICs, Mixed‑signal ASICs.
• HDL programming experience with VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.
• Prior technical leadership experience preferred.
• Linux development environment experience.

ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer – responsible for supporting over 50 programs and R&D initiatives across military, civil, and commercial space, missile systems, satellite surveillance, deep space exploration, and manned flight missions.

Location:

Lockheed Martin Space facility in Littleton, CO. The position requires onsite presence; teleworking is not supported.

Work schedule is a flexible 9x80 in‑office full‑time arrangement.

• Work with low SWaP, radiation‑hardened, space‑rated devices.
• Develop ASIC and FPGA solutions throughout the lifecycle: requirements capture, architecture, design, analysis, simulation, and testing in a Linux‑based high‑performance computing environment.
• Participate in technical reviews and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with an independent verification team that conducts parallel design verification.

• Strong independent thinking, organizational skills, and proficiency in digital laboratory environments.
• 5+ years of professional ASIC/FPGA design experience.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance; a TS/SCI clearance will be a plus.

• Experience leading or managing ASIC or FPGA projects.
• Demonstrated self‑starter and voracious learner.
• High emotional intelligence.
• Space system design experience and understanding of related hardware and system requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Atlassian JIRA, and Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Customer‑facing communication experience.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.