RF Engineer, Staff (Level IV) - Top Secret clearance

  • Lockheed Martin
  • Littleton, Colorado
  • Full Time
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.

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. Were creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security vision. Were erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. Were advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And were 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 a Staff RF Engineer to join our team in Littleton, CO ! By joining the Lockheed Martin Space Radio Frequency (RF) Talent Center (RFTC) team, you will contribute our mission supporting challenging programs related to Space Vehicles, Hypersonics, Human Space Flight and Interplanetary Missions, Missile Defense, and more.

In this RF engineering role within LM Space, you will:

- Support the Global Security portfolio of programs by supporting timing, frequency, and ephemeris design on world class RF Payloads across various stages in each programs lifecycle.
- Perform system design and architecture to identify optimal payload solutions for new program captures.
- Engage in system requirements flow-down to implementation of hardware design, and integration and test to verify mission performance.
- Lead troubleshooting anomaly resolution.
- Work closely with other RF Engineers, Box and Sub-systems CPEs, leaders, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure a given program within Global Securities is successful.
- Partner with customers and program leadership to ensure the success of payload products and milestones.
- Perform box and subsystem design, system signal analysis, requirement verification, trades, risk/opportunities, and support proposal efforts.
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise on payload hardware and mission execution.
- Contribute to payload architecture and trade decisions to enable improved payload and mission performance.
- Responsible for owning and delivering operational hardware.

What you will gain in this role :

- Deep expertise in payload hardware and the mission
- Expand your engineering and RF hardware proficiency through challenging, realworld projects
- Collaborative experience working sidebyside with a highperforming team of engineers
- Highimpact engagement with the customer on technical discussions and interchanges
- Accelerate your skills to take on engineering growth opportunities
- Handson involvement in a cuttingedge mission area that delivers tangible, realworld results
- Contribute to our armed forces ability to execute their duties safely and bring our service members home

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#SpaceNSS Experience with space electronics and/or hardware design
Knowledge of digital timing signals (e.g., 10MHz, 1PPS)
Experience working with subcontracts

Security Clearance / Work Authorization:
To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
Prior to starting employment, selected candidates will be required to possess Top Secret clearance. For this position, applicants must possess a currently Active Top Secret security clearance to be considered.
Selected candidates will be required to obtain, and maintain, Top Secret with adjudicated SCI Eligibility (i.e. TS/SCI) for long term employment on this program Proven ability to execute major milestone reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.)
Experience leading small technical teams across design lifecycle to produce artifacts to meet technical specifications
Experience with successful execution of RF payload/subsystem test plans
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 customers, suppliers, management, and peers
Ability to develop and analyze technical requirements, performing trade studies, and allocating functions down to RF payloads, subsystems and/or components
Experience defining end-to-end performance and functionality of RF payloads and/or subsystems, consistent with mission needs and CONOPS
Experience analyzing and verifying technical requirements/functions for engineering systems
Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Experience reviewing supplier/factory data results to show compliance to RF engineering requirements
Proficiency with the development of specifications and interface definitions for digitally processed RF payloads
Experience with certifying and selling off an RF payload or subsystem to the customer

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Job ID: 522786070
Originally Posted on: 5/28/2026

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