Deputy Lead Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin

OpenTalent; Moorestown Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Rotary & Mission Systems is seeking a Deputy Lead Software Engineer to support lead engineers in coordinating agile software development for SSR programs. You will work with hardware, software, subsystems, and systems engineering teams to drive architecture, design, coding, and testing efforts.

The role emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement of software processes, and providing status updates to leadership, with focus on delivering robust real-time radar software

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating and leading software development within Agile environments.
• Ability to translate requirements into robust architectures and designs.

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

Agile leadership

Software integration

Blocker resolution

SW processes

Job description

Standard Job Description

What We're Doing Lockheed Martin is shaping the future of defense through cutting edge radar and missile defense technologies, and we want you to help write the next chapter. As the premier developer of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars and integrated air and missile defense solutions for the U.S. military, our allies, and more than 45 nations worldwide, we deliver world class situational awareness, early warning, and kill assessment capabilities in the most demanding environments. Join a global team of 35 000 engineers, software developers, and cyber experts who turn complex challenges into reliable, next generation systems that keep warfighters ahead of emerging threats. Your talent will power everything from space domain awareness to ground based radar testbeds, ensuring the safety of today’s forces and the security of tomorrow’s world.

The Work Join our Agile Team of Innovators! At Lockheed Martin Rotary & Mission Systems, our Software Engineers create cutting‑edge, real‑time processing solutions that power the next generation of mission‑critical products. As a member of a collaborative Agile team, you’ll work side‑by‑side with domain experts from hardware, software, subsystems, and systems engineering. Together, you’ll translate requirements into robust architectures, design elegant solutions, write high‑quality code, build comprehensive unit tests, and support seamless integration and long‑term sustainment. The Scalable, Software-Defined, Supportable S-Band Radar (S4R) software (SW) organization is seeking a Deputy Lead Software Engineer responsible for directly supporting Lead Software Engineers (LSWEs) in leadership efforts including the following:

• 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.