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$0K - 0K a year
Leading multiple teams to deliver high-quality flight software products for space missions, including setting strategic vision, staffing, and technical oversight.
Extensive experience in embedded flight software, leadership of technical teams, and familiarity with space mission systems, with active TS/SCI clearance preferred.
Job Description Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineering Leader to support a portfolio of programs in the Remote Sensing Mission area. The position will set and implement the strategic vision, in partnership with the Embedded Talent Center and Software Factory organizations and will lead multiple teams to deliver high quality flight software products, critical for our customer and for national security. The position will also play a significant role in new business development. This is critical leadership position withing Engineering & Technology’s Embedded Software Talent Center will have responsibility including, but not limited to: training, strategic initiatives, resource forecasting and management using Vemo, staffing, and driving Engineering actions to closure. This position will be a leader of first line leaders as well as of individual contributors. The functional leadership responsibilities will include, but are not limited to staffing, performance management, recognition, talent development, retention, mentoring, and coaching. The technical leadership responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: establishing and maintain SW baselines, contribute to collaborative development of SW/HW architectures for flight embedded, high reliability, high speed data network management (SpVPX, SpW, SRIO, etc.), control processing, data fusion, and systems. It also includes management of embedded flight and test software/firmware development efforts, implementing AI/ML capabilities in ground and flight applications, including development schedules, testing, deployments, discrepancy resolutions, and integration support for next higher assembly level integrations. Travel to other Lockheed Martin facilities will be required (< 10%). Desired Skills • Active TS/SCI Clearance • Embedded software and flight processor experience • Software New Business support including technical and cost volume inputs • Demonstrated Experience leading a technical team of in any or all of the following discipline areas: • Embedded Flight Software (FSW) • Guidance Navigation and Control (GN&C) • Data Exploitation and Sensemaking • Testbed & Simulation (Tb&S) • Demonstrated experience as a leader of leaders • Strong mentoring skills • Experience with National Security Space missions and customers #LMSpaceSoftwareEng Other Important Information By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings. Ability to work remotely Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
This job posting was last updated on 12/24/2025