Senior RF Engineer

Job Description

Position details:

Location: Littleton, CO
Work Schedule: 9x80
Position type: Full-time onsite (this is not a hybrid position)

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, in-vest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security vision. We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We're advancing spacecraft and the work-force to fuel the next generation.

And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you!

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an experienced RF Engineer to join our team in Littleton, CO!

In this role, you will support the Global Positioning System (GPS) III/IIIF by performing payload integration and testing on world class RF Payloads. This role will work closely with other leaders and Subject Matter Experts to ensure the GPS III/IIIF program is successful. The selected candidate will also work closely with customers and program leadership to ensure the success of payload products and milestones.

Example assignments include test procedure checkout on development hardware/software, system testing on flight vehicle, characterization testing of complex payload products, calibration, risk/opportunity assessments, and support to proposal efforts.

In this role you will also contribute to the design and development of high reliability RF components, subsystems, and payloads for Space and missile platforms. You may perform requirements analysis and decomposition, develop specifications, perform architectural and product trade analyses, execute detailed implementation, validate performance, and certify a deliverable product. You may also support proposals and new business opportunities.

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Basic Qualifications

Knowledge of hardware deliverables (e.g., test, handling, data reviews)
Knowledge of RF/microwave, electromagnetics, and/or signal processing
Experience working with RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, and/or arbitrary waveform generators
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance; ship required

Desired skills

Experience developing and analyzing technical requirements, performing trade studies, and/or allocating functions down to subsystems or components
Ability to support programs from new business
to delivery including proposal support, concept
development, and post-delivery technical support
Ability to support program gates such as the
Systems Requirements Review (SRR),
Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design
Review (CDR), while leading technical
development
A team player with the demonstrated ability to
participate in cross functional teams and
communicate and coordinate work as one team
with common goals
Excellent communication and interpersonal
skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact
effectively with management, and peers
Experience interfacing with customer
representatives and higher-level leadership

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

Experience with certifying and selling off an
RF payload or subsystem to the customer
Experience in technical management of
subcontractors delivering RF hardware
Experience as Certified Principal Engineer
(CPE), Responsible System Engineer (RSE), or
industry equivalent
Familiarity with concepts of GPS and enabling
technologies
Knowledge and experience in adjacent
technical disciplines (electrical systems,
mechanical engineering, flight sciences)
Previous experience with government
customers and supporting organizations
Demonstrated technical depth in RF systems, RF electronics, or related engineering…