RF Engineer Sr - E3

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Match

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support Electromagnetics Hardware Design & Fab, designing and fabricating RF components, antennas and RCS fixtures for research and development programs.

The role collaborates with RF, M&P, stress and EEE teams to bring designs from concept through fabrication and test, while managing schedules and ensuring high-quality, producible hardware for classified programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field.
• Proficient with CATIA V5, 3DExperience, or similar CAD systems.
• Experience in detail part and assembly design.
• Knowledge of GD&T.
• Experience with air vehicle platforms or aerospace components design/integration.

Responsibilities

• Design and fabricate RF hardware, antennas, and RCS test fixtures.
• Collaborate with RF, M&P, stress, EEE teams to integrate hardware.
• Manage projects and communicate to meet tight schedules.
• Transition from clean-sheet design to prototyping and testing.

Skills

EM/RF design

Aerospace/Mechanical design

GD&T

Electrical packaging

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or related STEM

Tools

CATIA V5

3DExperience

Job description

Standard Job Description

The Electromagnetics Hardware Design & Fab team supports the Signature Mgmt & Survivability Org by providing hardware design, fabrication, and testing of LO apertures and RCS test fixtures. This includes RF components, antennas, radomes, support structures, composite/metallic component/structures, and full scale RCS/RF test fixtures. The candidate is to work design and fab of hardware in mostly a research and development environment with some production efforts. The candidate could be deployed to ADP or production programs, with mostly in a classified program, supporting a mix of flight and non-flight hardware. The mechanical engineer works closely with electrical engineers in RF designs as well as other disciplines (M&P, stress, EEE) to produce novel RF and RCS solutions for platforms. The successful candidate is a strong mechanical engineer who can drive challenging interdisciplinary problems from clean sheet design to fab, to test of hardware. Performing under tight schedules, the candidate needs to be a strong communicator and have strong project management skills.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or related STEM degree
• Working knowledge of CATIA V5, 3DExperience, or similar CAD experience
• Experience with detail part / assembly design.
• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• The candidate is not expected to be an expert, but should have knowledge in the fields of technical design and fabrication of metallic/composites materials.
• Experience with design/integration of air vehicle platform(s) or aerospace components

Desired Skills

• Experience with mechanical design of Electromagnetic/RF components, electrical packaging, power system layout, and circuit board design
• General knowledge in fundamental EM theories
• Experience in design for additive manufacturing
• Experience managing various programmatics of projects (schedule, costs, procurement activity)

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $110300.00 - $204900.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive 96 hours for holidays. PTO, vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.