Lockheed Martin

Circuit Card Design Engineer

Lockheed Martin$79K — $140K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field
  • Minimum 1 year of professional experience in circuit design engineering
  • Experience with schematic capture tools like Siemens Xpedition
  • Proficiency in circuit simulation tools such as Cadence PSpice
  • Experience defining system performance and environmental requirements
  • U.S. Citizenship required; must obtain DoD Secret clearance

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and schematic capture for circuit card assemblies
  • Document and refine system performance and interface requirements
  • Conduct trade studies and recommend design approaches
  • Perform circuit simulations to validate functionality
  • Capture schematics and collaborate on robust layout solutions
  • Deliver design assurance packages for review
  • Manage bills of materials and part sourcing activities

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • 401(k) match and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid time off and Holidays
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage
  • Education Assistance and Parental Leave
Full Job Description
Job Description

You will be the Circuit Card Design Engineer for the Hardware Engineering team at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC). Our team designs, develops and fields precision engagement aerospace and defense systems, delivering high reliability circuit card assemblies (CCAs) that power missiles, sensors and other mission critical subsystems.

What You Will Be Doing
As the Circuit Card Design Engineer you will own the end to end creation of CCAs-from architecture and schematic capture through EPCAD layout, prototype build up and test. You will partner with systems, electromechanical, firmware/software and manufacturing groups to ensure every design meets performance, environmental and security requirements while keeping the program on schedule. Your responsibilities will include
• Lead architecture, schematic capture and EPCAD layout for CCAs supporting missile and sensor subsystems.
• Define, refine and document system, performance, interface and environmental requirements.
• Conduct trade study analyses of alternate design approaches and recommend optimal implementations.
• Perform circuit simulation and analysis using Cadence PSpice (or equivalent) to validate functionality and margins.
• Capture schematics in Siemens Xpedition Enterprise and collaborate with EPCAD to produce robust layout and signal routing solutions.
• Deliver complete design assurance packages-including data, evidence and compliance reports-for senior review.
• Work closely with systems, electromechanical, firmware/software and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless integration and testing.
• Manage bill of materials, part sourcing and prototype build up activities, driving cost effective parts selection.
• Verify that designs meet shock, vibration, radiation and other environmental qualification standards.

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related STEM field from an accredited university
• Minimum 1 year of professional experience in circuit design engineering or a related discipline
• Experience with schematic capture tools such as Siemens Xpedition Enterprise or equivalent
• Experience with circuit simulation and analysis tools such as Cadence PSpice or equivalent
• Experience with developing and refining system requirements, including performance, interface, and environmental requirements
• Must be a US Citizen; must be able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance

Desired skills
• Experience with MFC circuit card design processes and the Design Assurance process
• Experience with military standards and specifications, including MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-704
• High-speed design experience including PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet, SERDES, or high-speed memory interfaces (DDR4/5)
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD FPGA families (UltraScale, Versal)
• Experience with Mentor Graphics Hyperlynx or equivalent signal integrity tools
• FPGA design experience; familiarity with Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL
• Experience with analog and/or digital video system design
• MATLAB experience
• Demonstrated effective communication skills
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Dallas. Discover more about our Dallas, Texas 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.

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 Schedule Information

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.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $79,700 - $140,530. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $91,700 - $158,815. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services, and Space Systems. Lockheed Martin was formed in 1995 from the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, it completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). In August 2009, it completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the United States military. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, a unit of the Company's Electronic Systems business area, would manage the Gyrocam business.

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1995
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