RF Engineer, Principal - Grand Prairie, TX

Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 114,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is one of four Lockheed Martin business areas.

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is seeking a Principal RF Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for RF system architecture, design, and performance across a portfolio of advanced sensors, EW payloads, and weapon-system effectors.

MFC is a recognized designer, developer, and manufacturer of precision engagement aerospace and defense systems for the U.S. and allied militaries. This role is suited for a recognized expert who shapes RF technical direction at the business-area level, serves as a prime consultant to MFC leadership, and represents the organization to customers and the broader defense RF community.

What You Will Be Doing

The Principal RF Engineer will serve as a recognized subject matter expert and one of the most senior individual technical contributors within RF Engineering, providing architectural leadership, strategic direction, and personal execution on the most technically challenging RF problems.

Responsibilities may include:

Setting RF technical direction across multiple programs and IRAD efforts, owning long-range RF capability roadmaps and technology maturation strategy

Serving as a prime consultant to top management on RF capture strategy, technical baselines, and investment prioritization with material impact on design/selling success, financial posture, and product portfolio decisions

Personally leading the most technically demanding RF design, architecture, and analysis problemsfrom concept and trade-space exploration through fielding

Driving RF system-of-systems architectures and multi-domain integration (EW, SIGINT, communications, RADAR), including next-generation multi-function aperture and contested-spectrum solutions

Owning competitive capture leadership for major RF efforts, including technical volume authorship, BOE development, and competitive technical strategy on programs

Representing RF Engineering to senior customer executives, external technical communities, and corporate technical leadership; influencing technical strategy at the business-area, sector, or corporate level

Establishing and evolving engineering processes, standards, and tools that measurably improve organizational RF capability

Mentoring staff-, senior-staff-, and emerging-principal-level RF engineers; identifying and developing future technical leaders

Leading or contributing to cross-Business Area and cross-corporate technical initiatives (e.g., Engineering Technical Council, Communities of Practice, Technical Fellow programs)

Driving advancement of the state of the art through patent disclosures, peer-reviewed publications, and professional society leadership (e.g., IEEE MTT-S, AP-S, AESS)

This position offers the opportunity to set the long-term technical direction of RF engineering at MFC and to shape the workforce and technical capability for the next decade of mission needs.

Candidates may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Why Join Us

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and overall well-being, offering flexible scheduling options Learn more about Lockheed Martins comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:

This position is in Dallas. Discover more about our Dallas, Texas location. Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related STEM field from an accredited university; advanced degree (MS or PhD) strongly preferred

Minimum 12 years of professional experience in RF engineering or a closely related discipline, with a documented record of impact on design/selling success, financial posture, products, or technologies

Recognized expert across multiple RF engineering domains, which could include:

- RF/microwave system architecture and requirements decomposition from weapon-system through component level
- End-to-end RF chain design (antennas, transmitters, receivers, LNAs, HPAs, RF conversion, transmission line equipment)
- RF link analysis and optimization, including propagation, interference, and contested-spectrum effects
- RF system/subsystem/component trade studies and CAIV analysis
- Electronic Warfare (EW), radar, communications, or SIGINT system architecture, design, and integration

Track record of serving as chief engineer, IPT lead, or technical lead on a major program/effort

Demonstrated success driving competitive captures and IRAD strategy, including technical-volume authorship, BOE development, and competitive technical strategy

Authoritative communicator with the demonstrated ability to brief executive leadership, senior customer executives, and external technical communities

Established record of mentoring and developing staff- and senior-staff-level RF engineers and shaping the technical workforce

Demonstrated influence on the design/selling success, financial posture, products, or technologies of the organization

Strong familiarity with acquisition lifecycle, milestone reviews, technical baseline management, and configuration control

Must be a US Citizen; must possess or be able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field; recognized subject matter expert (SME) within the defense/aerospace RF community

Patent disclosures, peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, or other recognized technical contributions in RF/microwave, RADAR, EW, or SIGINT engineering

Demonstrated leadership of cross-Business Area and cross-corporate technical initiatives (e.g., Engineering Technical Council, Communities of Practice, Technical Fellow program)

Expertise in advanced RF/algorithmic disciplines (adaptive beamforming, STAP, cognitive radar, ML for RF applications, multi-function aperture)

Deep experience with RF system-of-systems architectures and multi-domain integration (EW, SIGINT, communications, RADAR)

Experience as principal investigator or technology champion for IRAD and government R&D programs (DARPA, AFRL, ONR, etc.) advancing TRL maturity

Track record of establishing engineering processes, standards, and tools that have measurably improved organizational capability

Active member and/or officer in professional societies (IEEE MTT-S, AP-S, AESS) and conference technical-committee participation

Demonstrated influence on technical strategy and roadmap at the business-area, sector, or corporate level

Cross-Business Area engagement and corporate-level technical thought leadership