Software Engineering Manager

Lockheed Martin
King of Prussia, PA, United States
20 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Systems Engineering Scrum Methodology Release Management Software Engineering Software Systems

Job description

The Space Security Division within Lockheed Martin Space’s National Security Space business area is seeking a Software Engineering Manager experienced in agile methodologies to drive the execution of multiple projects/programs by leading a team of Software Developers and Engineers.

Reporting into the Engineering & Technology organization of Space, the selected agile leader will:

  • Directly and indirectly support the execution of classified and unclassified programs via a combination of direct program work and indirect staffing support, engineering planning, workforce management, and organizational strategy

  • Manage a team of roughly 15-18 engineers

  • Have direct cost, execution, and schedule oversight for project/program budgets

  • Lead, drive, and energize a team of multiple skills and job disciplines across multiple programs & business pursuits

  • Adapt to agile management methods that will require a dynamic staffing approach, depending on the time-phased needs of the program

  • Deliver on Functional Management tasks related to personnel such as: career development, salary planning, training, employee development, succession planning, and the execution of strategic staffing initiatives

Agile leader duties will include at least one of the following based on need and experienced skillset: product ownership/management, cost account management, release management, escalation and removal team impediments, management of risk and the drive for continuous improvement., Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience in full lifecycle of Software Engineering or Systems Engineering for software intensive projects

  • Demonstrated experience and understanding managing software and systems engineering efforts using Agile methods, processes, and practices

  • Recent formal leadership experience (within the last year)

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance

Desired Skills:

  • Ability to adapt, teach, mentor, and guide Individual Contributors

  • Full Spectrum Leadership behavior, attitude, and perspective

  • Experience supporting geographically dispersed team

  • Strong Interpersonal Skills

  • Experience in delivery of systems and/or software releases to customers

  • Experience leading and contributing to software systems using modern practices, tools, technologies, and languages

  • Proposal and BOE experience

  • Recent Experience as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and/or Release Train Engineer

  • Experience Interviewing and Building Teams

  • Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.)

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Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: TS/SCI

About the company

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity., Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

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