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Lockheed Martin · 2 months ago

Skunk Works Project Engineer (Level 3)

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is seeking a Project Engineer to join their advanced development team in Palmdale, CA. The role involves collaborating with software development teams to manage and execute tasks for critical programs, ensuring successful software releases that meet stakeholder requirements.

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Responsibilities

Creating, maintaining, managing, and briefing multiple tasks within our ADP projects
Collaborate with Software Program Management, CAMs, tech leads, and other capability leads in support of technical execution
Work directly with multiple software teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters ensuring we have planned, can execute, and will release software to meet our stakeholder requirements

Qualification

JIRAAgile MethodologyEarned Value ManagementSoftware Development LifecycleDevSecOpsAutomationPythonCommunication Skills

Required

Experience as a software or project engineer
Ability to collaborate with software development teams for critical programs
Ability to create, maintain, manage, and brief multiple tasks within ADP projects
Collaboration with Software Program Management, CAMs, tech leads, and other capability leads in support of technical execution
Work directly with multiple software teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters
Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
Strong time-management and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated effective communication skills for frequent inter-organizational and outside customer interactions
Ability to travel up to 10% may be required

Preferred

JIRA, writing JQL, and Confluence experience strongly desired
Strong Agile Methodology understanding
Good understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM)
Good understanding of Software development lifecycle
DevSecOps or Tech Stack experience
Automation experience
Python or Java experience
Demonstrated self-starter requiring minimal supervision with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Benefits

3-day weekend every weekend!
4-10 Mon-Thursday option
Flexible Schedules

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.

H1B Sponsorship

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2022 (1)
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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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