Software Engineer Staff - E4

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead and contribute to the development of sophisticated software solutions supporting mission-critical programs at Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Owego, NY. You’ll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, lead a team to solve complex problems, and help shape future capabilities and product roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead, plan, and coordinate software development activities across the full software development lifecycle.
• Analyze requirements and develop preliminary and detailed software designs.
• Design, develop, integrate, test, debug, and maintain safety-critical software applications.
• Apply software engineering standards, processes, procedures, and tools to deliver reliable solutions.
• Analyze and resolve complex technical issues involving software requirements, architecture, interfaces, data, and system performance.
• Develop technical documentation, operating instructions, and software artifacts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and innovative contributions to new business opportunities and future product capabilities.
• Own technical, cost, and schedule execution for software development efforts.

Qualifications

• Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related degree with 9+ years of professional experience; or 7+ years of professional experience with a related Master’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience leading a software engineering team or project through multiple phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience planning, estimating, and coordinating technical work packages, including tracking schedule, scope, and technical risk.
• Deep experience developing, integrating, and troubleshooting embedded software on a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) such as Wind River VxWorks, Green Hills Integrity, or LynxOS, or embedded Linux.

Desired Skills

• Experience authoring Board Support Packages (BSPs), bare-metal/low-level device drivers, and bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot) targeting modern multicore architectures (ARM, Intel x86/x64, PowerPC).
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing software that interfaces directly with microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and hardware peripherals across standard bus protocols (e.g., PCIe, SPI, UART, I2C, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, or ARINC 429).
• Experience defining and owning software architecture, modular frameworks, and Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
• Experience leading or contributing to milestone reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and technical interchange meetings (TIMs) with customers or prime contractors.
• Experience with technical scoping, Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for proposals, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) development, and cost/schedule monitoring (e.g., EVMS or Agile delivery metrics).
• Practical experience executing software engineering in accordance with formal safety-critical and high-reliability standards (e.g., DO-178C / DO-254 DAL A–C, MIL-STD-882, or MISRA C/C++).
• Track record of mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and driving team-level engineering standards.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented, programmatic environment.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $120,600.00 - $224,000.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Parental Leave
• EAP
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability

Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) or receive at least 90 hours for holidays (represented employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month, up to 52 hours of sick leave annually, and at least 96 hours for holidays). Hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.