Software Engineering Manager - Clearance Required

Standard Job Description

Who We Are

• At Lockheed Martin, we believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. We value your unique skills and expertise, and we aim to give back continuously by offering a wide variety of benefits and amenities to help our employees live flexible, balanced, and fulfilling lives at, and outside of, work.

What We’re Doing

• Our Team, the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Regional team, is constantly engineering, developing and integrating new capabilities for the U.S. Missile Defense System. protecting both the United States and its allies. This large, fast paced team, is composed of many small agile teams working together dynamic environment with a common mission to develop and deploy leading-edge missile defense technologies.

The Work

The C2BMC-Regional Application Agile Release Train is seeking an Engineering Manager that will thrive in a fast paced team environment in the design, development, and testing of the C2BMC applications.

Common responsibilities of an Engineering Manager on the RA ART team include:

• Ensure engineering technical, cost, and schedule performance for assigned product teams are properly managed.
• Interface with Control Account Manager (CAMs) and EVM staff to derive cost and schedule performance.
• Manage dependencies between other product teams and support external dependencies.
• Manage and report technical issues and support proposal development.
• Ensure product team technical commitments are clearly understood and carried out.
• Maintain backlog of assigned features to meet technical commitments.
• Supports the EPM in managing and forecasting technical maturity, including when milestone maturity can be claimed and what OE is required to support such a claim.
• Ensure teams are following organization processes.
• Produce Estimated Time to Complete/Earned Value Management (ETC/EVM) and other engineering metrics to identify and address all technical or staffing issues while managing cost/schedule.
• Performing both internal and external program stakeholder management.
• Executing the ART future vision, standards, and proposals.
• Acting as primary RA manager in COS.
• Ensure team technical commitments are clearly understood and met or exceeded.
• Work with EPM to provide timely and accurate projections of engineering resource requirements and identify staffing needs.
• Ensure teams follow organizational processes.
• Nominally attends all milestone events (in-person when possible).
• Manage other Regional Apps program projects as directed.

Why Join Us

• Excellent benefits and amenities
• Ongoing career development and support
• Rewards and recognition for your hard work
• Medical and dental coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Paid time off for work/life balance
• Mentorship opportunities

Standard Job Description: Manages more than one technical engineering and science organization. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline.
• Experience managing and delivering complex DoD systems. Software systems preferred.
• Experience supporting Earned Value Management.
• Experience with customer relationship management.
• Experience with Agile Development Processes and tools (e.g., Jira, Agility, Confluence).
• Active DoD Final Secret Clearance is required. Top Secret preferred.
• Experience managing / leading multiple teams.
• Demonstrated strong communications skills.

Desired Skills

• Significant progressive experience in complex, defense-grade C2, sensor, or weapon systems (missile defense preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience with C2BMC and/or the Missile Defense System.
• Program management and/or agile process certification.
• Prior experience as a functional manager.
• CAM certification and/or EVM experience.
• Prior functional manager experience.