Ground Software Engineer

Basic Qualifications

• Strong software development and software engineering background with a track record of successful project delivery.
• Experience developing ground subsystems.
• Demonstrated expertise in scaled Agile development methodologies and excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across Agile teams.
• Active TS clearance required with the ability to obtain SCI.

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Level 2 Ground Software Engineer with an active Final Top Secret security clearance to work from either our King of Prussia, PA or Littleton, CO location(s). This position is contingent upon the program award expected in July 2026.

As a software engineer, you will craft and build innovative solutions for our customers. You will be part of an Agile team that utilizes state‑of‑the‑art commercial standard methodologies such as Dev Sec Ops  (automated testing, continuous integration, automated deployment, etc.) and modern development tools. You will participate in progressing system capabilities from early design through site acceptance, focusing on software reuse, COTS/FOSS integrations, and innovative, affordable best practices.

• Develop innovative enterprise, cloud‑based solutions for mission management and command and control.
• Design, implement, test, and maintain object‑oriented ground system software applications using Java, Angular, and Python.
• Support modernization efforts geared toward achieving greater efficiency, security, automation, and scalability.
• Collaborate with an enthusiastic team of software, systems, and test engineers using the Agile Development methodology.

• Understanding and proficiency in application containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in Agile software development.
• Proficiency with Java/JEE, C# .NET, JavaScript, Type Script, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Python, and Git Lab.
• Web development experience.
• Experience with cloud‑based technologies and Dev Sec Ops  and CI/CD pipelines.
• Continuous integration / automated testing / Dev Ops experience.
• Experience designing and documenting microservice‑based architectures.
• Experience with relational and/or No
  
  SQL databases.
• Experience with distributed systems (services and databases).
• Strong background in developing, debugging, and testing web applications and web services.

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.

Work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.