Software Engineer - Mission Planning Lead
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Software Development
Software Engineer
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of related experience working on software development projects
- Ability to interact with peer-developers to facilitate interoperability with other subsystems
- Experience with managing a budget for a project or team
- Demonstrated understanding of software design
- Experience with service architectures and computationally complex problems
- Experience with Microsoft software products
- Active TS/SCI security clearance is required for consideration
E1075:
Software Engineer Sr Stf
The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space!
At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products.
We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
The Lockheed Martin Space Mission Processing team is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer Sr Stf to join our development team. As the Leader of a Mission Planning Software System, you will lead a team of developers to design, develop, test, and deploy a major software subsystem to provide mission planning instructions as part of a first-of-its kind antenna system.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative, forward-leaning programs while working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.
Responsibilities include:
- Leading a team of software engineers, coordinating with other subsystem team and program leadership, splitting time between technical and leadership tasks
- Planning, conducting, and coordinating software development activities for a mission planning software system, performing complex processing of instruction sets for multiple hardware sites based on user input
- Designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging software that delivers commands and instruction sets across multiple hardware sites and provides a user interface for an operator
- Engaging with Systems Engineering organization to decompose and allocate requirements, perform verification and validation, and support system integration
- Applying the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle. This will include facilitating an Agile workflow, providing data in support of Earned Value Management-style (EVM) cost accounting, and supporting major program milestone events (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) from initial design through final delivery of a product
- Applying knowledge of computer hardware and software, mission planning systems, information processing techniques used, and information gathered from system users to develop software
- Correcting program errors, preparing operating instructions, compiling documentation of program development, and analyzing system capabilities, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls
- Ensuring software standards are met in conjunction with program leadership
Selected candidate must have an active TS/SCI security clearance for consideration.
This is an SR CAREER (level
5) ROLE where candidates typically require 8 years of professional experience and a BS degree.
Lockheed Martin employees participate in community and well-being initiatives. Benefits include Medical, Dental, 401k, Paid time off, Work/life balance, Career development, Mentorship opportunities, Rewards & recognition. For more details, learn about Lockheed Martin’s benefits package after applying.
Desired Skills- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical discipline. Equivalent industry-related experience is acceptable
- Experience developing software/hardware interfaces including integration with third-party API’s
- Demonstrated understanding of software…
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