You will be the Staff ASIC & FPGA Designer Engineer for the Hardware Engineering team at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC). Our Team 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 an experienced FPGA professional who can drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, and shape the direction of programmable logic capabilities across programs.
What You Will Be Doing
The Staff ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer will serve as a recognized subject matter expert and technical leader, providing architectural guidance and strategic direction for FPGA and ASIC solutions across the MFC portfolio. Responsibilities may include:
• Owning end-to-end development of sophisticated FPGA-based architectures, from requirements capture through production release
• Defining, designing, verifying, and implementing FPGA architectures using VHDL and/or Verilog, leveraging AMD Vivado, Altera Quartus, and equivalent toolchains
• Conducting trade studies to select optimal FPGA devices, balancing logic utilization, power consumption, thermal performance, cost, and risk
• Creating detailed FPGA requirements and interface control documents that guide cross-functional development
• Applying Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) or equivalent frameworks to build robust testbenches and achieve high-coverage verification
• Incorporating NSA algorithm architectures (e.g., AES, counter mode) and RF waveform implementations, including Simulink/HDL Coder integration
• Supporting Design Assurance reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR) and ensuring compliance with MFC engineering standards and aerospace design practices
• Providing technical leadership, mentorship, and code review guidance to engineers across the organization
• Driving the Design Architecture Development process, ensuring milestones are met and risks are mitigated
• Managing configuration control and versioning in LM-approved repositories (e.g., GitLab) and maintaining comprehensive design documentation
• Participating in cross-functional technical meetings, risk assessments, and schedule reviews, and representing FPGA engineering in customer-facing engagements
This position offers the opportunity to shape the future of programmable logic capabilities at Lockheed Martin and to have a significant impact across the MFC enterprise.
Why Join Us
Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Orlando. Discover more about our Orlando, Florida location.
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.
