Deputy Lead Software Engineer — Agile Radar Systems

Lockheed Martin; Moorestown Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Life insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Moorestown, NJ is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join an Agile team delivering real‑time, mission‑critical software for defense systems. You will translate requirements into robust architectures, write high‑quality code, and participate in design reviews to ensure reliable operation.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineers to sustain and enhance radar and missile defense solutions while upholding DoD security standards and program

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent engineering/technical degree.
• Minimum 5 years of software engineering or equivalent engineering/technical experience.
• Experience leading a team in an Agile software environment.
• Experience with planning and executing large SW efforts.
• Strong technical leadership skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience supporting program proposals and performing software estimates.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Level Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the planning, organization, integration, and completion of software development projects.
• Coordinating activities concerned with technical development and resolving engineering design and test problems for specific SSR program(s).
• Identifying and facilitating the resolution of SW development blockers.
• Assisting in the development and ownership of software processes and future SW strategy.
• Leveraging proven processes, lessons learned, and best practices from other parts of business or industry.
• Reviewing program estimates and facilitating the collection of regular metrics to inform SW progress and serve as historical basis for future work.
• Supporting overall Agile development process through the planning and execution of Cycle Planning, Cycle Review, Retrospectives, and continuous monitoring throughout the development.
• Providing SW status and plans to program leadership and supporting program level meetings, presentations, and reviews.

Skills

Software engineering

Agile leadership

Team leadership

Estimating & proposals

DoD clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

GitLab

Atlassian Tools

SBOMs

Static Code Analysis

Releasability

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Moorestown, NJ is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join an Agile team delivering real‑time, mission‑critical software for defense systems. You will translate requirements into robust architectures, write high‑quality code, and participate in design reviews to ensure reliable operation.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineers to sustain and enhance radar and missile defense solutions while upholding DoD security standards and program