Software Engineer, DevOps, Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

WHO WE ARE:

The Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs) is looking for world‑class talent in Software Engineering to be a part of a team that will carry on our 80‑year tradition-making history in advanced aircraft development. The ground vehicle management software team writes software that powers remote‑control, monitoring, and data‑management for unmanned aerial vehicles. We are a highly innovative fast‑paced team working to develop modular and reusable software to support both our current platforms and the aircraft of the future.

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 position offers meaningful and exciting technical work spanning both software development and supporting integration and test for a multi‑site team. You will be able to use this opportunity to learn from some of our most talented and senior engineers to grow into a subject matter expert to support both our current platforms and our platforms of the future.

You will be able to take your passion for software and avionics and your experience as an embedded software engineer and use it to help develop software for a wide range of aircraft systems supporting both rapid prototyping efforts and deliverable software.

• Full software lifecycle development spanning across many avionics services, ground station development and mission system software technologies.
• Supporting ground station development for manned and unmanned systems.
• Development of simulations to support software development.
• Interfacing with key software and systems engineers to define requirements for rapid prototypes.
• Participating in integration and test events.
• Supporting planning and scheduling for key integration and milestone events.

• ​Bachelor's degree or above from an accredited college in a relevant field of study; or equivalent experience.
• Experience with C and/or C++.
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience with the software development process in a team environment (peer reviews, unit testing, configuration management, defect tracking).

• Experience integrating hardware and software.
• Experience with LUA programming language.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python).
• Experience with build environments and tools (make and CMake).
• Experience using agile software development tools and methodologies (e.g. Git, Gitlab, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, etc.).
• Experience with networking protocols (e.g. IP, UDP, RTP, etc.).
• Experience working with safety/flight‑critical software development processes (e.g. MIL‑STD‑516C, MIL‑HDBK‑1797, AC‑17‑01, DO‑178).
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and collaborate effectively with others.
• Strong decision making and judgment skills.

This position requires a government security clearance. Must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered. Clearance Level: Secret.

Expression of Interest: 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.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full‑time. The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five‑day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

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