You will be a Lead Integrated Circuit Design Engineer for our Readout Integrated Circuit (ROIC) design team at Lockheed Martin's Santa Barbara Focalplane business. Our team is responsible for advancing the state of the art in infrared (IR) imaging sensors by designing and developing innovative ROIC architectures.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Lead Integrated Circuit Design Engineer, you will be responsible for leading ROIC design teams and developing new ROIC architectures. Your responsibilities will include:
Designing analog, mixed signal, and digital circuit blocks for use in ROICs, including CMOS pixel designs, analog to digital converters, and high speed transceiver circuits
Leading a team of integrated circuit designers to develop full ROIC systems on a chip
Coordinating with circuit layout designers, lab testing and debugging hardware, and presenting design review material
Collaborating with other engineering disciplines to support IR sensor system design
Managing projects, interfacing with customers, and presenting design review material
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 Martins comprehensive benefits package here.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Santa Barbara. Discover more about our Santa Barbara, California 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. Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 16 years or more of professional experience; or 14 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
Considered an expert, authority in discipline.
Excellent communication skills and working in collaborative team environments
This facility requires access to export controlled information therefore requires US Citizenship
Experience as an IC design chip design lead
Experience with IC design in the Cadence Virtuoso tool suite Top level and circuit block experience of ROIC designs
Analog circuit design of amplifiers, current mirrors, and other bias circuits
Digital logic circuit design with custom logic blocks or with RTL behavioral design
Mixed signal circuit design of high speed digital blocks such as memory, PLLs, analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters, and high speed serial transmitters
Transistor level layout mask design
Serial interface designs including serial peripheral, I2C, and other standard command and control interfaces
Linux C-Shell scripting
Version control management of source code with industry standard tool such as Git or Cliosoft
Project management and coordination of engineering teams over product lifecycles
Understanding of IR sensor systems and all of their components
Lab experience of test and troubleshooting CMOS circuits
What You Will Be Doing
As a Lead Integrated Circuit Design Engineer, you will be responsible for leading ROIC design teams and developing new ROIC architectures. Your responsibilities will include:
Designing analog, mixed signal, and digital circuit blocks for use in ROICs, including CMOS pixel designs, analog to digital converters, and high speed transceiver circuits
Leading a team of integrated circuit designers to develop full ROIC systems on a chip
Coordinating with circuit layout designers, lab testing and debugging hardware, and presenting design review material
Collaborating with other engineering disciplines to support IR sensor system design
Managing projects, interfacing with customers, and presenting design review material
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 Martins comprehensive benefits package here.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This position is in Santa Barbara. Discover more about our Santa Barbara, California 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. Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 16 years or more of professional experience; or 14 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
Considered an expert, authority in discipline.
Excellent communication skills and working in collaborative team environments
This facility requires access to export controlled information therefore requires US Citizenship
Experience as an IC design chip design lead
Experience with IC design in the Cadence Virtuoso tool suite Top level and circuit block experience of ROIC designs
Analog circuit design of amplifiers, current mirrors, and other bias circuits
Digital logic circuit design with custom logic blocks or with RTL behavioral design
Mixed signal circuit design of high speed digital blocks such as memory, PLLs, analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters, and high speed serial transmitters
Transistor level layout mask design
Serial interface designs including serial peripheral, I2C, and other standard command and control interfaces
Linux C-Shell scripting
Version control management of source code with industry standard tool such as Git or Cliosoft
Project management and coordination of engineering teams over product lifecycles
Understanding of IR sensor systems and all of their components
Lab experience of test and troubleshooting CMOS circuits
Job ID: 523289468
Originally Posted on: 6/2/2026
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