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Lockheed Martin · 2 months ago

Associate Manager - Software Engineering Lead - Top Secret Clearance

Lockheed Martin is a leader in delivering cutting-edge solutions within the Command and Control domain. They are seeking a Software Lead and Manager to shape the technical direction of their C2 Ground programs, leading a team of engineers through design, implementation, and deployment of complex mission-critical systems.

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Responsibilities

Ensuring the organization's staff is meeting program and business commitments and working with the Program Leadership team to drive Program Execution
Manage the staffing and resource allocation. This includes recruiting and hiring candidates
Maintaining/Updating Software Development Plans and Software SOPs. Ensuring that the Software team understands and follows plans and procedures
Guide/mentor the team on how to do conduct business with our customers, define processes, improve when needed
Gather, Analyze, and use software and EVM metrics in both waterfall and agile program execution
Create SW development schedules and ensure the team executes to the schedule
Interface w/ Program Mgmt, CAMs, Project Engineers, other discipline leaders, and customers over priorities, milestones and deliveries
Preparing Software Estimating through BOEs
Insert Digital Transformation initiatives into software development execution (AI, DevSecOps, Software Factory, Agile)

Qualification

Software ArchitectureSoftware Development LifecyclesTechnical LeadershipDevSecOps ToolsSoftware Estimating ToolsCMMI Quality SystemAgile MethodologiesVirtualization TechnologiesContainerizationMicroservice ArchitecturesSoftware MetricsMicrosoft Project

Required

Background in software architecture
Technical leadership experience
Proven experience leading teams and guiding technical efforts
Experience in strategic design, implementation, test, and deployment phases of complex mission-critical systems
Ability to manage staffing and resource allocation
Experience in recruiting and hiring candidates
Ability to maintain/update Software Development Plans and Software SOPs
Ability to guide/mentor the team on conducting business with customers and defining processes
Ability to gather, analyze, and use software and EVM metrics in both waterfall and agile program execution
Ability to create SW development schedules and ensure team execution to the schedule
Ability to interface with Program Mgmt, CAMs, Project Engineers, other discipline leaders, and customers over priorities, milestones, and deliveries
Ability to prepare Software Estimating through BOEs
Ability to insert Digital Transformation initiatives into software development execution (AI, DevSecOps, Software Factory, Agile)

Preferred

Previous Functional Manager responsibilities
Previous experience working on large scale networked systems is highly desired
Development experience under a mature SEI CMMI quality system
Knowledge of LM and program processes and procedures
Experience with software estimating tools (SEER-SEM or COCOMO), metrics identification and collection
Experience With Any/each Of The Following Is Highly Desirable: DevSecOps tools such as Eyesight, Jenkins, Git/BitBucket, JIRA and Confluence
Familiarity with virtualization, containerization, and microservice architectures/technologies
Experience with Software Development Lifecycles in a DOD environment
Experience in Planning – Staff, tools (SW Dev tools), Have the ability to provide a Software Development Plan (SDP)
Knowledgeable of practices, artifacts (Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams, requirement database), documentation, Software Requirements Specification (SRS), Interface Requirements Specification (IRS), Interface Control Document (ICD)
Knowledgeable of practices, artifacts (UML diagrams, models), documentation Software Design Document(SDD), IDD, DBDD
Knowledgeable of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) – practices such as break/fix and enhancements to customers, tracking Problem Reports to closure, CM
Understand Software Metrics (SLOC, Defects, Productivity)– gathering, analyzing, and using
Experience with Software Scheduling and Microsoft Project

Benefits

Flexible schedules and a balance of in-office and at-home work, allowing you to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including a generous 401(k) match and comprehensive health insurance.
Opportunities for professional growth, including training and education programs.

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.06B
Key Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M

Leadership Team

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Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
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Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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