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A/AI Hardware Engineer Sr Stf - E5

Lockheed Martin

Littleton, COFull-time$167–310K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$167–310K/yr
Location
Littleton, CO
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senior Staff A/AI Hardware Engineer serves as the hardware expert for autonomous systems, developing solutions across sensing, compute, storage, controls, and systems safety. The role works with systems and software engineers on hardware integration, testing, certification, and deployment. It also researches and recommends components, contributes to embedded system designs, ensures alignment with architecture and program requirements, and qualifies and tests hardware and test systems.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Autonomous Ground VehiclesLIDARMounted SensorsMissile SystemsElectrical IntegrationDebuggingSystems IntegrationAutonomy HardwareCabling DesignWire Harness DesignWire Harness ManufacturingEmbedded SoftwareTest Bench DevelopmentDesign Verification SoftwareField TestingGEARSFPGA EngineeringAutonomous Vehicle Electrical EngineeringLong-Duration Field TestingInterface Wiring HarnessesTest Procedure WritingAutomated Test ScriptingFMTV

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Related

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Standard Job Description

Serves as the hardware expert for autonomous systems and works with the Systems Engineer to provide the next generation of hardware solutions, including and not limited to sensing, compute, storage as well as controls and systems safety.They support the team with integrating hardware with software and systems, human-machine interface tests, and preparations for autonomous systems for certification and deployment.Researches, identifies and recommends appropriate hardware and components for autonomy systems to enable controls, perception, and motion planning; Consults with software engineers for hardware and software integrationServes as expert for sensors and autonomy compute systems; Provides expertise on controls systems; Addresses problems related to sensors and perception hardware; Contributes to embedded system designs for sensors and autonomy compute components; Ensures hardware and components meets systems architecture and program requirements; Applies appropriate standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support hardware systems; Qualifies and tests developed hardware, test plans and procedures, and test systems

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Mechanic Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related degree program

Extensive experience in design to include Autonomous Ground Vehicles and Kits, LIDAR, mounted sensors, and missile system

Electrical Integration and debugging experience integrating components together, identfying and solving problems. Hands on systems integration

Experience developing hardware solutions for autonomy platform

Cabling and Wireharness design and manufactoring experience

Previous experience designing, developing and maintaining software for embedded applications, developed test bench and design verification software

Experience with field testing and support

Desired Skills

Knowledge of Ground Expeditionary Autonomous Retrofit System (GEARS)

FPGA engineer experience

Performed Lead Electrical Engineer role on an autonomous ground vehicle

Previous experience supporting long duration field tests

Experience designing and managing manufacturing of internal, external, and vehicle platform interface wiring harnesses

Experience writing test procedures and automated test scripts

Familiar with the Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV)

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $166900.00 - $309900.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.

  • For (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.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,947 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$167–310K/yr
  • Colorado median$126–175K/yr112 salary ranges
  • US median$131–201K/yr2,158 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $238K, is 56% above the Colorado median midpoint ($153K) — in the top quarter of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 126 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Colorado and 2,947 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Colorado
Experience
Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (2,476 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,840 of the 2,947 open Hardware Engineer jobs (62%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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