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Lockheed Martin · 1 month ago

ASIC/FPGA Principal SoC Engineer VI

Lockheed Martin is a leading technology innovation company, and they are seeking an ASIC/FPGA Principal SoC Engineer to work on the development of advanced avionics products. The role involves supporting all aspects of ASIC, FPGA, and SoC development, mentoring others, and driving methodologies to improve processes.

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Responsibilities

Supports all aspects of ASIC, FPGA, SoC development, to include architecture, design, and analysis, seeking opportunity to reduce total system cost and schedule
Partner with a Principal Verification Engineer to architect cohesive approaches to SoC development that reduce cost and schedule
Provides recommendations for devices, process, tools, suppliers and talent regarding SoCs
Mentor others in the best practices of verification and validation
Continuously assess new tools and methodologies related to SoC development, presenting findings, make recommendations and training others as appropriate
Drive methodologies and automation to deploy rigorous processes focusing on CI pipelines, quality monitoring and consistent deployment across programs
Work closely with both design and verification teams to develop cohesive solutions
Develop business cases that support SoC development improvements
Support technical reviews, and be able to present to internal and external stakeholders
Work directly with programs to provide achievable SOC solutions

Qualification

SoC developmentASIC designFPGA designHDL programmingScripting PerlScripting TCLScripting PythonVerification methodologiesMicroelectronics knowledgeProject managementEarned Value ManagementMS ProjectJIRAMentoringPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
Experience in the requirements capture, architecture, design and implementation of complex SoCs, based on mission and system CONOPS, use cases and requirements
Experience with the methodologies and tools used for implementing SoC designs into AMD Versal, Microchip PolarFire SoC and/or fully custom ICs with processors
Experience in ASIC / FPGA life cycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test)
Experience leading projects of multiple engineers, managing schedules, prioritizing work and actively communicating with internal or external stakeholders
Experience in driving process advancement and program reviews
HDL programming expertise with VHDL, SystemVerilog, and/or Verilog
Experience mentoring and training other engineers
Experience presenting to customers and executive leadership
Willing and able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance, thus you are a US Citizen

Preferred

Experience in modern ASIC/FPGA/SoC verification strategies as appropriate, including UVM/SystemVerilog, emulation, formal verification and lab based techniques a plus
Experience or coursework in hardware emulation (ZeBu, Palladium, etc.)
Experience in microelectronics radiation mitigation techniques and technologies for space applications and space-grade/qualified FPGAs, ASICs and SoCs
Experience in foundry and packaging technologies including wafter, device and package test and assembly
Experienced in scripting such as Perl, TCL, Python
Experience or knowledge of MS Project, JIRA
Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

Benefits

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
Holidays

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.06B
Key Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M

Leadership Team

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Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
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Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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