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 a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our outstanding skills and experiences to create, craft and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems.
Our culture supports employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, encouragement and focus and if you have the passion, we want to build a better tomorrow with you!
This Spacecraft / Payload Flight Software Development Associate Manager position will be responsible for functional leadership of 5-8 engineers across two Agile Development teams and will have cost, execution, and schedule oversight.
The group is actively developing a specialized Space payload using cutting-edge hardware and software technologies. You'll be engaged on the functional aspects of leading the organization while also remaining highly engaged in the technical solutions the team is developing plus supporting integration with the Spacecraft Bus to allow for a 2026 launch to Low Earth Orbit.
Your responsibilities for this role will include building the teams, managing day-to-day operations, maintaining / expanding lab infrastructure and site infrastructure to support the developers that you'll be responsible for identifying and hiring.
You are responsible for providing technical coaching and mentoring, work assignments, employee career development, continuous ongoing feedback, and being their employees advocate in opportunity discussions.
You will be responsible for coordinating employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessments, salary planning, recognition / disciplinary actions, staffing, and engineering competency development.
Desired skills
- Experience leading teams of 5-10 employees
- Experience with C, C++, or Python
- Familiarity with Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) technologies
- Familiarity with Radio Frequency (RF) communications, Software Defined Radio (SDR), Signal Processing
- Experiencing with costing for proposals, BOEs and ROMs
- Experience Interviewing, Hiring and Building Teams
- Recent Experience as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and / or Release Train Engineer
- Familiarity with common Agile and DevSecOps Engineering Tools, such as GitLab and Jira
- Bachelor's degree or above in an engineering / technical discipline from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience / combined education
- Ability and desire to professionally represent Lockheed Martin to a variety of internal and external stakeholders
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