ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer IV, TS/SCI Clearance

  • Lockheed Martin
  • California, Pennsylvania
  • Full Time
Join Our Team as an ASIC & FPGA Engineer where you will support over 50 different programs and research and development (R&D) efforts, affecting technology 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:

Sunnyvale CA
Denver, Boulder, Louisville or Highlands Ranch CO
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.

What does this role look like?

We are building the best ASIC/FPGA team in the world at Lockheed Martin Spaces in our 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.

Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

Build and maintain strong technical relationships with multiple programs, serving as their 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 as needed to ensure clear communication regarding the teams execution.
Foster a culture of technical excellence by providing guidance, mentorship, and expertise to team members on architecture, code, best practices, and command media, helping them to grow and develop their skills.
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
-Provide performance assessment input of individuals on your team
-Program communication, issue de-escalation and risk mitigation
-Determining team load capacity

To be effective in this role, you will need:

Experience in design, debug and/or verification of ASICs or FPGAs..
5+ years professional experience.
To be considered, must have an active Top Secret clearance , thus US Citizenship is required. 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.

Must have an active Top Secret clearance , thus 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 sales, marketing, field, etc.).
Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Why Lockheed Martin?

Learn more about Lockheed Martins comprehensive benefits package .

At Space we value your skills, training, and education. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach and yours as a Lockheed Martin Space employee join us to experience your future!

Lets do Space!
Job ID: 511658949
Originally Posted on: 2/27/2026

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