Job ID: 712512BR Date posted: Dec. 04, 2025
Description:The Silicon Solutions team of Lockheed Martin Space is building the best SOC team in the world and are seeking a highly talented and strategically-thinking leader who has a passion for technology, project management and people.

We are looking for a Signal Processing Associate Engineering Associate Manager who has a background in Signal Processing development, and experience in leading or managing engineering projects or managing people.

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What does this role look like?

• Serve as the people manager of a team of ~10 signal processing engineers, overseeing the implementation of complex algorithms into embedded processors and hard macros; and which may be modeled in MATLAB or C++.
• Within our internal design services model, the role is accountable for planning, schedule, cost and quality for work products.
• Act as managerial point of contact for multiple programs.

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Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

• Manage several projects at one time, being able to effectively delegate both technical and project responsibilities within your team to manage the load.
• Be responsible for managing to completion all assigned projects to within +/- 10% of schedule and budget, leveraging either or both Agile and Waterfall methodologies as appropriate
• Be familiar with Project Planning and Earned Value Measurement System (EVMS) to communicate effectively with program’s / customer’s Control Accounts Manager (CAM).
• Actively develop and manage customer / program relationships, establishing your role as a ‘trusted advisor’ and communicating tactfully and effectively with customers / programs.
• Capture and negotiate project/program scope, requirements and budgets.
• Write proposals with business and technical content and summarize it in customer / program presentations.
• Manage subcontractor relationships and contracts for Silicon Solutions.
• Assist in the development of processes related to customer, contractor and business engagements.

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To be effective in this role, you will need:

• Understand complex algorithm and DSP considerations and methods, including verification and target technologies.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with peer teams and be able to effectively interface with either hardware or software teams.
• Apply sound business acumen to technical proposals and solutions.
• Identify and recruit top talent, ensuring the team is staffed appropriately.
• Communicate concisely and correctly.
• While no clearance is needed to start in this position, you will need to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.

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Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

• Experience in design, debug and/or verification of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Algorithms

• Experience in leading or managing DSP projects
Desired Skills:
• Experience implementing DSP algorithms (both optical and RF) in microelectronics devices through programmable logic or math hard macros within ASIC, FPGA, SOC/Versal/Polarfire devices.
• Signal chain modelling using MATLAB and / or C (filtering, FFT, IFFT, ADC/DAC)
• Experience designing & validating signal processing applications such as SAR, ESA, beamforming and general communications and electronic warfare.
• System design experience and/or understanding of system use cases, CONOPs , architecture and requirements related to space.
• People management experience: salary planning, performance management, and long-range staffing planning, talent acquisition / hiring
• Microsoft Project or equivalent.
• Atlassian JIRA or equivalent.
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or similar. (bonus)
• Experience being a Control Accounts Manager (CAM) using Earned Value Management System (EVMS) (bonus).
• Masters of Business Administration. (bonus)
• Demonstrated self-starter and voracious learner with high EQ.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: 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.
Work Schedules: 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.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
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 $128,200 - $225,975. 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.
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $147,400 - $255,530. 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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electrical Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First