RF Engineer Sr Staff

Lockheed Martin; Liverpool Township (OH); On-site; USD 148,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible schedules

401(k) match

PTO and holidays

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

EAP

Education Assistance

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is shaping the future of defense with cutting-edge AESA radar and RF systems. Join a global team of engineers delivering high‑reliability military technology, from space domain awareness to ground-based radar testbeds, with a focus on manufacturability and lifecycle readiness. You will collaborate across disciplines to solve complex RF challenges and support mission-critical programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 8+ years of professional experience.
• Experience applying electromagnetics and RF theories.
• Experience with RF board design and construction, including material selection.
• Experience with RF analysis tools (ADS, HFSS or equivalent).
• Knowledge of analog circuits, design and layout tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to technical planning, system development and design, and verification.
• Lead RF design through the program lifecycle and ensure manufacturability.
• Interface with SMEs and suppliers; provide RF manufacturing support.
• Develop work instructions and cascade analysis; model, simulate, and test RF subsystems.

Skills

RF design experience

RF board design

VNA testing

Electromagnetics knowledge

DoD clearance eligible

US Citizenship required

Schematic capture/ layouts

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

ADS

HFSS

Job description

Standard Job Description

What We're Doing

LockheedMartin is shaping the future of defense through cutting edge radar and missile defense technologies, and we want you to help write the next chapter. As the premier developer of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars and integrated air and missile defense solutions for the U.S. military, our allies, and more than 45 nations worldwide, we deliver world class situational awareness, early warning, and kill assessment capabilities in the most demanding environments. Join a global team of 35,000 engineers, software developers, and cyber experts who turn complex challenges into reliable, next generation systems that keep warfighters ahead of emerging threats. Your talent will power everything from space domain awareness to ground based radar testbeds, ensuring the safety of today’s forces and the security of tomorrow’s world.

The Work

• Contribute to technical planning, system development and design, requirements allocation, detail trade studies, verification and validation, cost and risk, test ability, and manufacturability.
• Support top level architecture design, mission planning, requirements decomposition, and traceability. Lead development and maturation of RF design through entire program lifecycle.
• Interface with subject matter experts and providers of various subsystem products and technologies. Provide RF manufacturing support to include assembly and test.
• Develop work instruction planning, and manufacturing support, designing with manufacturability in mind. Perform cascade analysis, modeling, simulation, troubleshooting, and test of Various RF Subsystems, circuits, and components.
• Develop and manage RF systems engineering program plans for cost and schedule, as a self-sufficient RF Hardware Design Engineer who can lead teams of RF engineers, and independently determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Collaborate through effective communication skills with interdisciplinary teams, cross-Business Areas, and customers to appropriately communication status and results.
• Provide solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

Why Join Us

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Explore some of the cutting‑edge technologies we support: https://lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/missile-defense/golden-dome-missile-defense.html

Architects and designs Radio Frequency systems and circuitry. Designs and develops RF circuitry used in high frequency and microwave applications, including receivers, transmitters, antennas, and frequency synthesizers. . Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related discipline with 8 years of professional experience.
• Experience with the application of electromagnetics and RF theories.
• Experience with RF board design and construction, including material selection.
• Experience with RF analysis tools, such as ADS, HFSS, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of analog circuits, design, and analysis, schematic capture and layout tools.
• Experience leading cross functional team and managing cost and schedule.
• Experience developing trade studies.
• Experience performing RF testing using VNA, RSA, Spectrum analyzers, etc.
• Ability to obtain and hold a DoD Secret Security clearance. U.S. Citizenship is required.

Desired Skills

• familiar with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, Digital Volt Meters, Vector Network Analyzers, etc.
• Experience with T/R Module and Antenna design.
• Experience guiding development of technology from design to production, including development of the necessary RF design artifacts.
• Experience developing requirements at assembly and subassembly level.
• Experience developing advanced technical ideas and presenting them effectively to internal and external customers.
• Experience leading and inspiring multidiscipline hardware development teams and managing cost and schedule.
• Experience with Antenna array Design.
• Experience with MS Office tools.
• Experience with Matlab, Test Eval

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $148300.00 - $275500.00

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 at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.