Space SDR RF Engineer: Real-Time DSP & FPGA

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 167,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

FSA

Education assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an experienced Software Defined Radio RF Engineer to join our team in Littleton, CO. You will design, develop, and integrate high-performance SDR solutions, focusing on real-time RF signal processing close to the hardware layer and deploying advanced SDR systems for demanding environments.

The role emphasizes leading development of digital communications products, optimizing DSP pipelines, and integrating SDR platforms into larger architectures, with involvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience developing high-speed digital, DSP, RF systems for terrestrial and/or space applications.
• Experience with digital communications systems, RF architecture, FPGA design, and/or DSP algorithms.
• Experience with missile-to-missile communications payload architecture (e.g. digital channelization, digital beamforming).
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and/or providing technical oversight to ensure successful project execution.
• Understanding of RF fundamentals, wireless communications systems, digital modulation techniques, wideband RF architectures, and/or spectrum analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and fielding of digital communications products, through deployment, leveraging extensive knowledge of high-speed digital, DSP, and RF systems.
• Implement and optimize real-time DSP pipelines, maintain link budgets as well as full cascade analysis for your radios, custom waveform generation, custom frequency plans and communication schedule timelines, modulation/demodulation chains, RF streaming architectures, Incorporation of Cryptographic layer, and throughput signal processing systems.
• Interface and drive FPGA & SW-based SDR architectures, and RF front ends and synchronization systems
• Drive software development for low-latency and real-time RF applications
• Perform RF system integration, qualification and acceptance testing, calibration, and troubleshooting
• Push HW through rapid high-rate production, testing and follow missile integration of the RF comms systems
• Analyze and optimize spectral performance, timing synchronization, throughput bottlenecks, and RF impairment
• Integrate SDR platforms into larger communications and/or sensing architectures
• Produce technical documentation, interface definitions, and software architecture artifacts
• Support lab and field testing and flight test activities

Skills

High-speed digital

DSP

RF systems

FPGA design

DSP algorithms

Real-time processing

Team leadership

DoD clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

FPGA design tools

RF test equipment

Simulation tools

Job description

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking an experienced Software Defined Radio RF Engineer to join our team in Littleton, CO. You will design, develop, and integrate high-performance SDR solutions, focusing on real-time RF signal processing close to the hardware layer and deploying advanced SDR systems for demanding environments.

The role emphasizes leading development of digital communications products, optimizing DSP pipelines, and integrating SDR platforms into larger architectures, with involvement