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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Lockheed Martin
- **Location:** Mount Laurel Township, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,500.0 - $208,344.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Static Program Analysis, Continuous Integration, Software Tools, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Software Factory, Software Systems, Information Technology, Software Coding, Devsecops
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9253945/lead-software-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related engineering or computer science discipline
 * Minimum of 9 years' experience with Engineering Lifecycle Development and corresponding processes (i.e. Systems, Software, Configuration Management, Test, Quality Assurance, etc.)
 * Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance at the 'Secret' level

Desired Skills

 * Experience with DevSecOps

 * Experience with Software Factory

 * Experience with cloud technologies and services

 * Experience with Model Based Engineering tools

 * Experience with Static Code Analysis tools

 * Continuous Integration/Continuous Development

 * Experience with Cost estimation/Proposal experience, including software sizing estimation

 * Leader experience with a proven track record of effective team leadership, strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, strong interpersonal skills, and customer interaction

 * Experience with systems, software, and hardware architectures

 * Demonstrated experience utilizing Agile frameworks and understanding of Agile development concepts

 * Experience in application development, common coding standards, configuration management principles

 * Experience with integration and testing techniques

## Description

Are you a proven engineering leader with a passion for cutting edge software deployment and maintenance? Join a high performing Lockheed Martin team that engineers and delivers critical software deployed on naval vessels and a variety of other platforms. In this role you will thrive in a collaborative Agile environment, guiding the end to end lifecycle of sophisticated, mission critical systems that operate worldwide. Your responsibilities will span the full spectrum of advanced software work that delivers robust capabilities to war fighters and using data analysis and mission outcome applications that transform raw sensor feeds into actionable intelligence. You will champion enterprise scale software solutions built on cloud native tools, continuous integration pipelines, and automated testing frameworks-accelerating delivery and enhancing reliability.

As the team's software authority, you will mentor engineers, steer architectural decisions, and lead the preparation of customer demonstrations that showcase program milestones and achievements.

If you're ready to drive innovation, elevate software excellence, and make a tangible impact on global defense readiness, this dynamic position offers the platform to do so.