Senior Software Engineer, Avionics & Embedded Systems

Lockheed Martin; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works seeks an embedded Software Engineer to help develop vehicle management software for aircraft subsystems. You will contribute to modular, reusable code for current platforms and future aircraft while collaborating across multi-site teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

The role covers full software lifecycle from requirements and design to integration and testing, with emphasis on avionics, real-time constraints, and safety-critical processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above from an accredited college in a relevant field of study; or equivalent with minimum 3 years experience
• Experience with C and/or C++
• Experience with Linux or RTOS (real time operating systems) and associated development toolchains
• Experience with the software development process in a team environment (peer reviews, unit testing, configuration management, defect tracking)

Responsibilities

• full software lifecycle development spanning across many avionics services, ground station development and mission system software technologies.
• supporting ground station development for manned and unmanned systems
• development of simulations to support software development
• interfacing with key software and systems engineers to define requirements for rapid prototypes
• participating in integration and test events
• supporting planning and scheduling for key integration and milestone events

Skills

C/C++

Linux/RTOS

Software development process (team)

Python scripting

Avionics software

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Tools

Git

JIRA

Jenkins

Confluence

MATLAB

Make

CMake

ARINC-429

RS-485

I2C

SPI

Job description

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works seeks an embedded Software Engineer to help develop vehicle management software for aircraft subsystems. You will contribute to modular, reusable code for current platforms and future aircraft while collaborating across multi-site teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

The role covers full software lifecycle from requirements and design to integration and testing, with emphasis on avionics, real-time constraints, and safety-critical processes.