RF Principal Engineer

Lockheed Martin
Elkridge, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 4/6/2023 CLOSED ON 4/19/2023

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Job ID: 616405BR
Date posted: Feb. 20, 2023

Locations: Baltimore, Maryland
Program: Mustang

Description:Location Baltimore, Maryland Relocation is Available:

Come join the Lockheed Martin Space RF Center of Excellence and shape the future! You can work on challenging programs in support of Space Vehicles, Hypersonics, Missile Defense and more.

Do you have a passion for working on emerging technologies?

As a Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer with LM Space you would develop RF payload solutions for Space and Missile platforms. Be the onsite technical representative for all aspects of requirements, design, test and verification.

Resident on-site engineering representative for Lockheed Martin at supplier facility in Baltimore, MD. RF payloads and subsystems are needed for every platform and serve missions ranging from human space flight, commercial broadband services, national intelligence, protected communications, navigation and more. Our product portfolio includes a wide range of international and domestic programs, addressing the critical needs of our commercial, civil, and government customers.

As the On-site engineering representative, you will contribute to the design, development, and delivery of high reliability RF components, subsystems, and payloads for Space and missile platforms. Typical job responsibilities may include: acting as liaison between supplier team and LM team program office, coordinating technical and programmatic areas with the supplier, support to supplier execution of requirements derivation, design, manufacturing, integration, and test of both engineering and flight hardware.
Basic Qualifications:
• RF payload architecture and performance analysis
• Experience with requirements analysis and requirement decomposition for complex RF payload systems
• Production and manufacturing of RF hardware
• Integration & Test of RF components, payloads, and/or subsystems
• Leading engineering efforts for complex RF hardware and/or digital processors through the full development lifecycle (SRR, PDR, CDR, production, integration, and test)
Desired Skills:
• Design, production, integration, and test of Electronically Steerable Arrays (ESA), Radar Systems, RF and/or digital payloads, Telemetry Tracking & Command (TT&C), or missile communications subsystems.
• Ground Support Equipment and/or Special Test Equipment (STE)
• Certification and training as Certified Principal Engineer (CPE), Responsible Engineer, or equivalent
• Troubleshooting of RF and/or digital processor hardware to root cause
• RF and/or digital payload performance analysis using MATLAB or similar tools
• RF and/or digital payload test measurement techniques
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: TS/SCI
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Yes
Career Area: RF Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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