WHO WE ARE
The Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs) is looking for world-class talent in Software Engineering to be a part of a team that will carry on our 80-year tradition-making history in advanced aircraft development. The vehicle management software team writes software for a wide range of aircraft subsystems that make an airplane fly. We are a highly innovative, multi-site, fast paced team developing modular and reusable software to support both our current platforms and the aircraft of the future.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
3-day weekend every weekend! 4-10 Mon-Thursday option + Flexible Schedules
This team is working new development software where our team members get to work hands on from the lab to the aircraft in all stages of development, including design, code, integration, and lab and field test. We work on a wide range of technologies and give our team members the opportunity to drive their career towards their area of interest. You will work with a high performing and passionate team who is involved within the company as well as outside the organization. This position offers meaningful and exciting technical work spanning both software development and supporting integration and test for a multi-site team. You will be joining a very open and inquisitive team filled with diverse perspectives and a common mission. You will be able to use this opportunity to learn from some of our most talented and senior engineers to grow into a subject matter expert to support both our current platforms and our platforms of the future.
YOUR IMPACT
You will be able to take your passion for software and avionics and your experience as an embedded software engineer and use it to help develop software for a wide range of aircraft systems supporting both rapid prototyping efforts and deliverable software.
The responsibilities for this role will include:
- 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
You will have the ability for growth and exploration while learning from some of the brightest professionals in our industry. This position offers a motivated engineer the opportunity to have a high impact on a fast paced program as they grow their own skillset.
Plans, conducts, and coordinates software development activities. Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems or questions in computer language for solutions by means of data processing equipment. Applies the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle. Applies knowledge of computer hardware and software, subject matter to be programmed in business/mission applications, information processing techniques used, and information gathered from system users to develop software. Corrects program errors, prepares operating instructions, compiles documentation of program development, and analyzes system capabilities to resolve questions of program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls. Ensures software standards are met.
