Job ID: 594011BR Date posted: May. 20, 2022 Locations: King of Prussia, PennsylvaniaProgram: MK21A COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.

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Description:The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space!

As a Senior Radio Frequency (RF) /Radar Systems Engineer with Lockheed Martin Space, you will contribute toward the development and delivery of RF, optical, and digital solutions for hypersonics and other space and missile platforms.

Typical responsibilities: Architect and design RF systems and circuitry. Design and develop RF circuitry for high frequency and microwave applications, including receivers, transmitters, antennas, and frequency synthesizers. Develop RF system and subsystem architectures consisting of antennas, transmitters, receivers, low noise amplifiers, high power amplifiers, RF conversion elements, and transmission line equipment. Perform link analysis and optimization, including effects of propagation medium and possible interference sources. Develop and allocate RF system and subsystem functional and performance requirements. Identify and track RF technical performance measurements. Perform RF system / subsystem / component trade studies and cost as an independent variable analysis. Support life cycle costs, reliability, availability, and maintainability analyses. Execute hardware layout, component evaluation, prototype construction, and test. Prepare test methods and specifications, analyze and test RF hardware to verify performance characteristics. Provide inputs to product development for formal documentation and support manufacturing during the deliverable assembly and test phase.

The Senior RF Engineer position emphasizes ‘systems thinking’ throughout the lifecycle of payloads, subsystems, and RF components.

Typically has 5 to 9 years of experience.

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

To promote the sharing of ideas, we at Lockheed Martin champion an inclusive work environment that supports differences and big-picture thinking.

You have opportunities to play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.


HERE ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS YOU CAN ENJOY:
- Medical

- Dental

- 401k

- Paid time off

- Work/life balance

- Career development

- Mentorship opportunities

- Rewards & recognition

You can learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package by visiting this link.

As a federal contractor Lockheed Martin is required to provide the candidate an opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation during the application process.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Lockheed Martin. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Basic Qualifications:
• Experience defining performance and functionality of a monopulse or synthetic aperture radar subsystem, consistent with mission needs and CONOPS

• Experience with developing and analyzing technical requirements, performing trade studies, and allocating functions down to the radar subsystem

• RF circuit and/or antenna design and analysis using HFSS, XPatch, CST, Agilent ADS, or similar software

• Experience with Matlab, Python, or similar programming language and scripting of testing and simulations

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering or similar degree with 3 to 6 years experience in RF / antenna / radar design, test, or prototyping

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret clearance or higher
Desired Skills:
• Integration and test of radar systems, RF payloads, or missile subsystems

• Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering or similar degree from an accredited university

• Industry experience with RF measurement techniques and network analyzers, including troubleshooting experience with test setup and equipment

• Successful experience interfacing with customer contacts and colleagues in other organizations

• Comfortable representing the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects

• Radar Cross Section (RCS) simulation and analysis using full-wave method of moments tools such as SENTRi or FEKO

• Antenna and RCS measurement experience in far-field, near-field, or compact range anechoic chambers for both continuous wave and pulsed measurements Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.Clearance Level: Secret Other Important Information You Should Know Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.Experience Level: Experienced ProfessionalBusiness Unit: SPACERelocation Available: YesCareer Area: RF Engineering Type: Full-Time Shift: First