Standard Job Description

You will be the ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer for the Hardware Engineering team at Lockheed Martin  Missiles and Fire Control (MFC). Our team delivers precision engagement aerospace and defense systems, designing, building and fielding the electrical hardware that powers missiles, sensors and other mission critical subsystems for the United States and allied militaries.

What You Will Be Doing

As the ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer, you will design, verify, and integrate advanced FPGA-based solutions for defense programs. You'll work at the intersection of digital design, laboratory testing, and product development, contributing to mission-critical systems that protect and defend. Your responsibilities will include:

• Defining architecture and design specifications for programmable logic components, developing and documenting RTL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog) that meets performance, power, and reliability requirements

• Creating synthesis, place and route, and timing closure strategies to ensure deterministic operation across target FPGA devices

• Generating comprehensive test plans, simulation models, and verification environments (UVM, SystemC, Python-based testbenches) to validate functional correctness and timing margins

• Leading hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, board-level debugging, and integration with subsystem-level hardware

• Translating system-level performance, safety, and reliability requirements into detailed FPGA architectures

• Conducting timing analysis, power budgeting, and resource utilization studies to optimize device selection and FPGA utilization

• Managing configuration control (GitLab or equivalent), maintaining version-controlled design repositories, and ensuring traceability of all artifacts

• Producing comprehensive design documentation, including specifications, test plans, verification reports, and release packages compliant with aerospace standards

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams — systems, software, hardware, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and quality — to ensure seamless integration and compliance with program milestones

• Providing technical mentorship to junior engineers and promoting best practices in FPGA development, verification, and configuration management

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 Grand Prairie, Tx.  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. 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related STEM field from an accredited university; Master’s degree preferred

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience with FPGA design and simulation verification or a related discipline

• Proficiency in HDL programming with VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog

• Experience with Xilinx/AMD toolsets (Vivado, Vitis, Vitis HLS) and UltraScale design methodology

• Experience with FPGA simulation tools such as Synopsys VCS

• Strong understanding of digital design principles, including timing analysis, clock domain crossing, and signal integrity

• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as AXI, Ethernet, TCP/IP, PCIe, and serial protocols

• Practical laboratory debug experience with high-speed oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators

• Familiarity with Synopsys EDA tools

• Must be a US Citizen; must possess or be able to obtain a DoD Secret clearance

Desired Skills

• LM/MFC design experience and missile program experience

• Experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog, C/C++, MATLAB/Simulink; Synopsys Synplify, Synopsys VCS, NCSim, ChipScope tool sets

• Experience with Xilinx/AMD and MicroSemi/Microchip part families, internal FPGA fabric and IP

• Experience implementing NSA algorithms (e.g., AES, counter mode)

• Experience managing configuration control (GitLab preferred)

• Experience with Vivado and Vitis FPGA toolsets

• Experience with UVM and Simulink/HDL Coder integration

• Comfortable using digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal generators, and other test equipment

• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging at board level, including FPGA validation

• Experience in full ASIC/FPGA lifecycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test)

• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation abilities

• Controls and digital loop-closure application knowledge

• Networking proficiency with Ethernet switches, routers, firewalls, and debugging tools (tcpdump, Wireshark)

• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance