Software Engineer Sr. Staff

Software Engineer Sr. Staff | Lockheed Martin

This team is working new development software where our team members get to work hands on from the lab to the aircraft in all stages of development, including design, code, integration, and lab and field test. We work on a wide range of technologies and give our team members the opportunity to drive their career towards their area of interest. You will work with a high performing and passionate team who are involved within the company as well as outside the organization. This positions offers meaningful and exciting technical work spanning both software development and supporting integration and test for a multi-site team.

In this role, you will apply your expertise in embedded software and avionics to lead and scale an Agile Scrum team delivering complex, flight- and safety-critical systems. You will drive the development of robust, high-performance software across a wide range of aircraft platforms, enabling both rapid prototyping and fielded solutions. Your leadership will shape technical direction, accelerate innovation, and directly contribute to the advancement of next-generation aerospace capabilities.

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Lead geographically distributed Agile software development team across the full software lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership in embedded software, guiding architecture, design, and delivery of flight- and safety-critical systems.
• Drive execution of program milestones by managing risks, removing blockers, and ensuring high-quality software releases.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to decompose requirements into actionable software designs and implementations.
• Own Agile processes including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Develop and maintain system and software architectures, including network design and integration across platforms.
• Conduct trade studies to inform software and system decisions at the portfolio level.
• Oversee hardware assets, system readiness, OS image management, and automation to improve team efficiency.
• Support integration, test, and ground station development for manned and unmanned systems, ensuring cross-IPT alignment.
• Communicate technical status, risks, and strategy to leadership while guiding teams and serving as an avionics SME.
• Some travel may be required.

Desired skills include:

• Experience with VectorCast, Polyspace, and associated development toolchains or other equivalent unit test tool suites.
• Experience with software simulations and hardware in the loop testing and integration.
• Experience mentoring and training junior engineers
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Good communication skills
• Experience with developing and certifying safety critical software
• Experience developing and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline

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.

Employee will work on-site full-time.

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

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 $134,000 - $236,325. 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 $154,100 - $267,145. 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.