Lockheed Martin

RF Engineering Associate Manager (Level IV) - Top Secret clearance

Lockheed Martin$123K — $217K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience with RF systems in space-rated hardware
  • Proven collaboration with multi-disciplinary engineering teams
  • Skill in managing project schedules and resolving issues
  • Current U.S. citizenship and active Top Secret security clearance required

Responsibilities

  • Lead trade studies to assess technical and programmatic impacts
  • Coordinate with engineering and manufacturing teams to meet mission needs
  • Develop the RF engineering talent pipeline through hiring and training
  • Evaluate personnel for performance and career advancements
  • Oversee integration, test, verification, and validation of RF systems

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Life and Long-Term Disability insurance
  • 401(k) with match
  • Education Assistance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
Full Job Description
Job Description

Position details:

Location: Littleton, CO
Work Schedule: 9x80
Position type: Full-time onsite (this is not a hybrid position)

Lockheed Martin Space invites you to join the dynamic world of RF Engineering where you will be challenged to deliver advance RF Payloads to our Global Security (GS) Portfolios!

Our team is seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and well-rounded Payloads Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering Associate Manager to support GS in Littleton, CO! In this role you will be responsible for design, development, integration, test, verification and validation of complex RF systems. This position leads a technical staff of Payload analysts and initialization specialists.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Lead or oversee trade studies and ensures all technical and programmatic impacts are considered.
- Coordinate across all program engineering and manufacturing organizations to ensure the Payloads organization meets the mission needs.
- Build the talent pipeline: hiring, managing, and training RF Engineering resources.
- Additional responsibilities include evaluating engineering personnel for performance reviews, promotions, merits and recognitions.

The position may require occasional travel to customer and subcontractor facilities as well as other LM facilities.

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Basic Qualifications
• Experience with RF systems and design for space-rated hardware.
• Experience collaborating with major engineering disciplines including systems engineering, software engineering, hardware engineering, integration, and/or verification.
• Experience establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to master plans and schedules, identifying program problems, and/or obtaining solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications.

Security Clearance / Work Authorization:
• To meet requirements of the program/customer, this position requires the selected employee to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Prior to starting employment, selected candidates will be required to possess Top Secret clearance. For this position, applicants must possess a currently Active Top Secret security clearance to be considered.
• Selected candidates will be required to obtain, and maintain, Top Secret with adjudicated SCI Eligibility (i.e. TS/SCI) for long term employment on this program.

Desired skills
• Experience as a CAM (Control Account Manager)
• Demonstrated self-starter who can take initiative and work independently with minimal direction and oversight
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across stakeholders effectively, including customers, suppliers, management, and peers
• Strong knowledge of EVM and CAM goals
• Experience supporting and executing proposals
• Demonstrated success shaping and leading a team in a dynamic business environment.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with customers and senior Leadership.
• Strong organizational, planning and time management skills.
• Ability to lead multi-functional teams and lead multiple teams to communicate, coordinate, and work as one team with common goals
• Detailed knowledge of the program life cycle to include design reviews, requirements, system, integration and test, and operations
• Proven customer intimacy skills to build and maintain a solid customer working relationship with the operational, technical, and programmatic customer base.
• Demonstrated people management skills including mentoring, coaching, performance management, and team development.
• Knowledge of the following: Risks, Critical Path, Scheduling, Business Acumen.
• Active TS/SCI w/Poly

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 $123,500 - $217,695. 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 $142,000 - $246,100. 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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Net Income
$6.8 billion
Founded
1995
5 Year Trend
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Revenue
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