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# ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer III, Secret Clearance

- **Company:** Lockheed Martin
- **Location:** Highlands Ranch, CO, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $101,000.0 - $178,135.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Linux, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Microsoft Project, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Fpga Hardware, SC Clearance
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/job/denver/asic-fpga-design-engineer-iii-secret-clearance/694/96005751264

## About the Role

* You need to be an independently minded and well organized engineer, comfortable in laboratory digital environments, and able to respond and interact with a dynamic fast-moving team.
 * 3+ years professional FPGA development experience.
 * Must have an active a DoD Secret or higher clearance, thus you are a US Citizen., * Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

 * Prior FPGA development experience.

 * HDL programming experience with VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.

 * Active DoD Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.
Desired Skills:

 * Masters Degree.
 * Experience in ASIC / FPGA life cycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test).
 * FPGA/ASIC verification experience is a plus.
 * Experience with electronics design
 * Experience in lab integration, and troubleshooting activities
 * Knowledge of space-grade/qualified FPGAs and ASICs and toolsets including AMD/Xilinx Vivado or Microchip Libero.
 * Experience or knowledge of MS Project, JIRA.
 * Experience with MS Project, JIRA or equivalent a plus.
 * Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
 * Experience mentoring junior engineers.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration., Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

## Description

* Perform all aspects of ASIC and FPGA development through the lifecycle from initial requirements capture through architecture, design, analysis, simulations and test in a Linux-based high-performance computing environment.
 * Support technical reviews and present to internal and external stakeholders.
 * Interface with an independent verification team who will be working in parallel, verifying the design.


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