Manager - Software Engineering Lead

Description What We’re Doing

At Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS), we are driven by innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, and education. We are a dynamic team on a recurring multi‑year, critical program seeking a software engineering / software development lead who likes to be challenged, solve problems, and lead a highly skilled software development team.

As risks to our hardware, software, and supply chains continue to rise, our customers require advanced solutions to mitigate growing vulnerabilities and ensure our systems can operate in cyber‑contested environments. Strong resiliency‑focused engineering is essential to protecting Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) platform/weapon systems from increasingly sophisticated threats. The engineer will be part of a multi‑disciplinary engineering team on the Trusted Security Solutions (TSS) Program.

We are looking for professionals to work on Cross‑Domain Solution (CDS) products that protect and defend the information flow of critical and time‑sensitive data on many military applications and networks. This position is on the Radiant Mercury program. Radiant Mercury is the US Navy’s premier CDS, and LM has been the prime contractor for over 20 years. Oversee the design, development, documentation, and testing of software that contain solutions to business/mission problems.

You will work directly with domain and industry experts as well as technical staff to design and manage software development activities.

As part of the Radiant Mercury Team the selected candidate will be the Software Development Lead, leading approximately 10 direct reports and overseeing approximately 20 software engineers on multiple projects within the Radiant Mercury product.

• Ensuring the organization’s staff is meeting all program and business commitments and working with the Program Leadership team to drive Program Execution.
• Managing the staffing and resource allocation within the software domain. This includes recruiting and hiring candidates.
• Conducting performance evaluations, promotions, and career planning activities.
• Maintaining/updating Software Development Plans and Software SOPs. Ensuring that the Software team understands and follows plans and procedures.
• Guiding/mentoring the team on how to do conduct business with our customers, defining processes, and improving when needed with a continuous process improvement mindset.
• Gathering, analyzing, and using software and EVM metrics in waterfall, agile, and hybrid program executions.
• Creating SW development schedules in coordination with project engineers and ensuring the team executes to the schedule.
• Cultivating and growing the Software Organization.
• Interfacing w/ Program Management, CAMs, Project Engineers, other discipline leaders, and customers over priorities, milestones and deliveries.
• Preparing Software Estimating through BOEs.
• Inserting Digital Transformation initiatives into software development execution (Dev Sec Ops , Software Factory, Agile, Automated Test, AI).
• The work location is at the Deer Creek Facility (DCF) in Littleton Colorado with limited ability to work remotely. The candidate will be required to come into the site to conduct their work. Travel may be required for this position.

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life. Our flexible schedules, balance of in office and at home work, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

• Demonstrated leadership skills and behaviors that align with the Full Spectrum Leadership Imperatives.
• Experience with planning and coordinating software development in a team‑oriented environment.
• Knowledgeable in Software Engineering Process and Tools, including experience in executing in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience across the Software Development Life Cycle including a minimum of 10 years of direct software development…