Senior C++/Python Software Engineer - Clearance Required

Lockheed Martin; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,800 - 265,880; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to analyze requirements, design and enhance software, and lead teams on mission-critical projects. The role emphasizes C/C++, Python, and RF signal work within a DoD context, with clearance requirements and onsite work specified.

You will collaborate across systems, drive documentation standards, and guide complex algorithm development to meet stringent performance criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline or four additional years of software engineering experience.
• Current DoD Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of SWE experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and process standards.
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add features.
• Integrate software into new or modified systems or environments.
• Develop data queries for databases or data repositories.
• Write or review software and system documentation.
• Serve as team lead appropriate to the project’s process.
• Design or implement complex database interfaces/queries.
• Develop algorithms to meet performance and functional standards.
• Assist with testing procedures for software components.
• Modify software to correct errors or to adapt to new hardware.
• Design, develop and modify software using analytical models.
• Implement complex algorithms with timing/resource constraints.
• Oversee software development teams and ensure adherence to process.
• Coordinate with system and hardware engineers on requirements and interfaces.
• Coordinate software installation and monitor operation.
• Recommend new technologies for complex projects.
• Serve as technical lead of multiple software teams.
• Select software development process in coordination with customer.
• Ensure quality control of all developed software.

Skills

Python scripting

C/C++

Scripting languages

RF signals

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 years experience substitute

Job description

What We’re Doing:

Lockheed Martin, Cyber & Intelligence invites you to step up to one of today’s most daunting challenges: the use of advanced electronics to undermine our way of life. As a cyber security professional at Lockheed Martin, you’ll protect the networks that our citizens and the world depend upon each minute: Financial assets. Healthcare information. Critical infrastructure. Hazardous materials. The uninterrupted flow of energy that keeps modern life moving. Here, you’ll work with cybersecurity experts on the forefront of threat protection and proactive prevention. In this fast-paced, real-world environment, you’ll draw on all your education and experience as well as the resources of Lockheed Martin to keep the threats at bay.

Cyber | Lockheed Martin

Who we are:

Our team is solving the tough challenges and pushing the boundaries of technology to help our customer achieve its mission.

The Work:

As a Software Engineer, you will:

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Debug existing software and correct defects
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
• Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
• Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments
• Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories
• Write or review software and system documentation
• Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project
• Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces/queries
• Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users or system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas
• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance
• Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
• Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints; Perform quality control on team products
• Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards
• Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure the work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project
• Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met
• Recommend new technologies and processes for complex software projects
• Serve as the technical lead of multiple software development teams
• Select the software development process in coordination with the customer and system engineering
• Ensure quality control of all developed and modified software

Why Join Us:

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

We support our employees, so they can support our mission.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university or Four (4) years of additional software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Current DoD Top Secret SCI with Polygraph.
• Minimum Fifteen (15) years of experience Software Engineer (SWE)

Required Skills:

• General Python scripting and large Python systems design/development
• C/C++ systems design/development
• Scripting languages (Bash, awk, sed, powershell)
• RF Signals Familiarity

Desired Skills:

• STM32 microcontroller software development experience
• Familiarity with STM32CubeMX, STM32CubeIDE, STM32CubeProgrammer, STM32CubeMonitor)
• Work with Raspberry Pi4, 5 series products
• Hardware solutions breadboarding, debug and related tools (multimeter, etc)
• Familiarity with silicon digital logic devices (demux, mux, gating, etc)
• RF Signals analysis tools, test tools, and their usage (FieldFox, Spectrum analyzer)
• Customer AI web services (both networks)

Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/Poly SP

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $150,800 - $265,880. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: RMS

Relocation Available: No

Career Area: Software Engineering

Type: Task Order/IDIQ

Shift: First