FPGA Engineer Lead at Lockheed Martin

Department: MFC-Primary

Compensation

$120,600 – $224,000/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Orlando, Florida
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Aug 15, 2026

Description

Lockheed Martin is hiring an FPGA Engineer Lead for its ATWS Directed Energy Imaging team in Orlando, Florida. The role owns end-to-end FPGA solution development, including architecture, RTL design, verification, board-level testing, production-ready design packages, and coordination with systems, software, hardware, and program teams. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline, leadership experience with FPGA design teams, hardware description language proficiency, embedded SoC integration, and video or signal-processing exposure. It is a full-time role with a salary range of $120,600 to $224,000, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and requires U.S. citizenship and a secret clearance.

Required Skills

FPGA architecture
RTL design
VHDL
Verilog
SystemVerilog
Embedded SoC
Board testing
GitLab
Vivado/Vitis
High-Level Synthesis
Video processing

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent education/experience
Required Previous Experiences: Leading FPGA design teams or managing FPGA development projects
Embedded System-on-Chip integration and hardware validation
Video and signal-processing implementation
Preferred Qualifications: Configuration control using GitLab
AMD/Xilinx tools and Versal and UltraScale+ devices
High-Level Synthesis and Vivado/Vitis
Program and project planning with Cost Account Management
Board-level troubleshooting and debugging
ASIC/FPGA lifecycle knowledge
Video processing standards and signal-processing algorithms
Cross-functional Agile collaboration