Standard Job Description

The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space." At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Within LM Space, the Echo Program Area is looking for a highly motivated individual to join the program area as a Software Engineer. This exciting position will fill a critical need in the new and emerging area of protecting space assets.

• You will be working with a custom built software framework and its baseline while integrating into new industry standard and development pipeline tools.

• As part of an Agile team, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of tasks in various areas across the mission and collaborate with the development teams, contractors, customers, and subject matter experts.

• You will work closely with the Product Owner to support Customer design reviews and various other milestone events. 

This position provides the opportunity to be a part of the entire engineering life-cycle, where the candidate will be able to apply their Software Engineering background at the lowest level all the way up through full system functionality. The Echo Program Area provides a variety of development efforts and opportunities focused on meeting customer driven and operational needs. If you are looking for a new position in a fast paced team environment, where every day brings a new challenge, and you want to support a critical space security mission, the Echo Program Area is the place for you. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information, and must maintain the required security throughout the course of employment.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position: 

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Recent coding experience in one or more of the following: C# or Java or .NET (dotnet) core

• Software design, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills 

• Active Top Secret security clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

• Ability to obtain additional program accesses 

Desired Skills

• Full development lifecycle experience

• Experience working on an Agile scrum team

• Experience with DevSecOps 

• Experience with Cloud technologies and/or Software Factory

• Experience with automated testing

• Experience with CI/CD

• Outstanding teamwork and communications skills

• Experience with Git, JIRA, Confluence

• Experience producing quality documentation

• Experience with digital signal processing

• Domain knowledge of planning and scheduling antenna resources

• Domain knowledge of control and statusing antenna resources

• Security+ certification or CISSP

• Experience with LM’s products Horizon, Astrolabe, and/or Chronos