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

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.

Job Description

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

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. Lockheed Martin Space invites you to join the dynamic world of RF Engineering where you will be challenged to deliver advanced 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.

• Lead or oversee trade studies and ensures all technical and programmatic impacts are considered.
• Cook up coordination 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.
• Evaluate engineering personnel for performance reviews, promotions, merits and recognitions.

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.

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

Other Important Information

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
Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.