Software Engineering Mgr - L5

Standard Job Description 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.

Standard Job Description 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.

The Space Security Division within Lockheed Martin Space’s National Security Space business area is seeking a Software Engineering Manager experienced in agile methodologies to drive the execution of multiple projects/programs by leading a team of Software Developers and Engineers.

Reporting into the Engineering & Technology organization of Space, the selected agile leader will:

• Directly and indirectly support the execution of classified and unclassified programs via a combination of direct program work and indirect staffing support, engineering planning, workforce management, and organizational strategy
• Manage a team of roughly 15-18 engineers
• Have direct cost, execution, and schedule oversight for project/program budgets
• Lead, drive, and energize a team of multiple skills and job disciplines across multiple programs & business pursuits
• Adapt to agile management methods that will require a dynamic staffing approach, depending on the time‑phased needs of the program
• Deliver on Functional Management tasks related to personnel such as: career development, salary planning, training, employee development, succession planning, and the execution of strategic staffing initiatives

Agile leader duties will include at least one of the following based on need and experienced skillset: product ownership/management, cost account management, release management, escalation and removal team impediments, management of risk and the drive for continuous improvement.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position.

Manages software development activities. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Oversees the design, development, documentation, and testing of software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems or questions in computer language for solutions by means of data processing equipment. Applies the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.

Applies knowledge of computer hardware and software, subject matter to be programmed in business/mission applications, information processing techniques used, and information gathered from system users to develop software. Ensures software standards are met.

• Demonstrated experience in full lifecycle of Software Engineering or Systems Engineering for software intensive projects
• Demonstrated experience and understanding managing software and systems engineering efforts using Agile methods, processes, and practices
• Recent formal leadership experience (within the last year)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance

• Ability to adapt, teach, mentor, and…