Staff Software Engineer - Level 4

Staff Software Engineer - Level 4 | Lockheed Martin

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve.

We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We're advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

• Generating and simulating operational level plans to explore the art of the possible, how we could defend the ultimate high ground in a future space war

• Dynamically optimizing both terrestrial and space-based sensors to provide comprehensive space domain awareness

• Strategically optimizing the placement and maneuvering of constellations of satellites to satisfy multiple, evolving priorities

Our team leverages industry standard open-source software solutions such as Git Lab, Kubernetes, Docker, and Rancher. Our automation-first and "everything as code" mindset allows our software engineers to focus their time and efforts on what is most important - building cutting edge functionality for our end users. As an engineer on an Agile Scrum Team, you will have the opportunity to rapidly develop and deploy solutions for a complex space system following core engineering principles, ultimately enabling the delivery of fully functioning mission capability to end users securely and continuously.

• Experience with API design and development, such as RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of database management systems, such as PostgreSQL or MySQL

• Experience with microservices and microservice architecture

• Experience with Spring Boot or Quarkus for backend Java development

• Experience with LIT for JS front-end

• Experience with HTML/CSS

• Experience with Helm charts for infrastructure as code (IaC)

• Familiarity with the Space Domain

• Ability to communicate effectively and work in a collaborative environment

• Experience in running unit tests with Playwright and/or integration testing with Cucumber

• Experience working on large-scale software projects with multiple teams and stakeholders