14 systems software engineer jobs found in Palmdale

Description: At Lockheed Martin, we challenge the status quo to push the boundaries of what is possible. Join the legendary Skunk Works team in Palmdale, CA, and be part of groundbreaking innovation. We are seeking a Systems Engineer – Configuration Management to support the Advanced Development Programs (ADP) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance/Unmanned Aircraft System (ISR/UAS) team. In this role, you will ensure the consistency, traceability, and integrity of software configurations across the product lifecycle. Your expertise will enable mission success in an environment where advanced technology and creativity come together to solve complex challenges. What You Will Be Doing: As the Software Configuration Management (CM) Engineer for the ISR/UAS Systems Engineering team, your responsibilities will include: · Developing, improving, and maintaining the infrastructure for software configuration management across development, production, and sustainment...

Description: Our Team: We lead the full lifecycle of embedded and mission software development—from requirements, architecture, and design to implementation, integration, and test. Our expertise spans air vehicle systems, avionics, communications, and infrastructure software, including supplier and subsystem integration. We drive CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps automation, and simulation environments, while ensuring compliance with airworthiness, safety, and cybersecurity standards. Our team supports aircraft integration, GNC, and hardware/software coordination, leveraging MBSE, Cameo modeling, and SCFTA for system design. We execute rigorous software testing (UT, FQT, regression, FMET, SCO), support flight test and control room operations, and deliver data analysis, customer demos, and proposal content. Through agile processes, planning, and peer reviews, we ensure technical excellence and mission success across SPI, CAM, IPTL, and SPE roles. What you will do: We are seeking an...

Description: Join our team of innovative engineers at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, where we're pushing the boundaries of technology to design and develop cutting-edge air vehicles and aircraft. As a Cyber Systems Security Engineer, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the cyber security of our platforms, from design to implementation. Your expertise will help us create cyber-resilient security design solutions that meet the needs of our customers and protect our systems from emerging threats. In this role, you will apply an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, validate, and verify cyber engineering solutions throughout their lifecycle to ensure cyber security requirements are effectively defined, decomposed, implemented, and assessed to create resilient security solutions. What’s In It For You: We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive...

Description: You will be the Systems Engineer - Skunk Works for the Integration and Test team which is responsible for ... What You Will Be Doing As the Systems Engineer - Skunk Works you will be responsible for supporting the team that integrates and validates mission‑system functions across lab, flying‑test‑bed, and flight‑test environments. Your responsibilities will include: Develop test requirements and detailed procedures based on system specifications. Execute integration and test activities in laboratory settings and evaluate system performance on flying test‑beds. Support mission‑system flight‑test evaluations and report results to stakeholders. Interface with engineers, pilots, and program leadership using strong communication skills. Apply expertise in modern software‑intensive mission‑system architectures and understand military aircraft functionality. What’s In It For You We are committed to supporting your work‑life balance...

Description: You will be a Systems Engineer - Level 2 maintaining and managing performance metrics on the U-2 Program. What You Will Be Doing As a Systems Engineer - Level 2 who supports the U-2 Program, your responsibilities will include weekly NMCS, FMC, and maintaining the monthly Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) database and CDRL. You will develop reliability and maintainability improvements of hardware/software by timely and disciplined utilization of failure and maintenance data. You will generate and implement effective corrective actions to prevent failure recurrence, and simplify, or reduce maintenance tasks. You will be responsible to provide a monthly FRACAS CDRL report to the customer. Employee will input Failure Analysis Report data into the FRACAS database and conduct monthly trend analysis reports. Candidate will participate in Root Cause Corrective Action Integrated Product Teams for required deficient parts. You will assign failure...

Description: WHO WE ARE The Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs) is looking for world-class talent in Software Engineering to be a part of a team that will carry on our 80-year tradition-making history in advanced aircraft development. The vehicle management software team writes software for a wide range of aircraft subsystems that make an airplane fly. We are a highly innovative, multi-site, fast paced team developing modular and reusable software to support both our current platforms and the aircraft of the future. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU 3-day weekend every weekend! 4-10 Mon-Thursday option + Flexible Schedules This team is working new development software where our team members get to work hands on from the lab to the aircraft in all stages of development, including design, code, integration, and lab and field test. We work on a wide range of technologies and give our team members the opportunity to drive their career towards their area of...

Description: This position will work on a Vehicle Systems Software Development team. Responsibilities include: - ADP program work force management (Re-assignments/placements, recruitment, selection of new employees, and terminations) - Personnel Management (training, mentoring, career development, performance/compensation, and promotions) - Management responsibility will include significant collaboration with ADP programs, Aeronautics Programs, other Business Units, and Industry. The successful candidate will be expected to support communications with all levels of employees, customers, and industry from engineer up to executive. Strong skills in conflict resolution, proactive communication, building collaborative relationships, and other "soft skills" are desired. - Support pursuit and management of internal and customer sponsored technology roadmaps. - Interface with LM Aero, other business units, external customers, and suppliers to develop new technologies and transition them...

Description: This team is working new development software where our team members get to work hands on from the lab to the aircraft in all stages of development, including design, code, integration, and lab and field test. We work on a wide range of technologies and give our team members the opportunity to drive their career towards their area of interest. You will work with a high performing and passionate team who are involved within the company as well as outside the organization. This positions offers meaningful and exciting technical work spanning both software development and supporting integration and test for a multi-site team. **IMPACT: ** In this role, you will apply your expertise in embedded software and avionics to lead and scale an Agile Scrum team delivering complex, flight- and safety-critical systems. You will drive the development of robust, high-performance software across a wide range of aircraft platforms, enabling both rapid prototyping and fielded...

Description: This position is for an experienced member of an ADP Systems Engineering team, providing support across the entire product line including both new and existing programs. The candidate will be part of a fast paced, dynamic environment supporting state of the art technical solutions. What You Will Be Doing: The successful candidate will have experience across the spectrum of Mission Systems and general Systems Engineering activities. The candidate will collaborate with other engineering personnel in the development, decomposition, tracking and verification of requirements, support Functional Configuration Audits, be an advocate for timely and accurate risk assessments and execute risk abatement efforts. Additional responsibilities may include development of supplier specifications, technical planning, and requirements verification. The candidate will provide systems and subsystem integration/test support and will work closely with program management to...

Description: You will be the Staff Systems Engineer - Level 4 for the Advanced Development Program (ADP) which is responsible for pioneering next‑generation aircraft technologies. What You Will Be Doing As the Staff Systems Engineer - Level 4 you will be responsible for translating ambitious concepts into verifiable system designs, driving the integration of cutting‑edge engineering disciplines, and delivering results in a fast‑paced, innovative environment. Your responsibilities will include: - Leading system architecture and trade‑study activities for advanced aircraft concepts. - Driving Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices and tool adoption. - Coordinating multidisciplinary teams to execute agile development cycles. - Managing multiple concurrent assignments while maintaining technical rigor and schedule commitments. - Producing technical risk assessments and present actionable solutions to senior leadership. What’s In It For You We are committed to...

Description: You will be the Systems Engineer Stf for the ADP Technical Team which is responsible for delivering advanced system engineering solutions to our customers. What You Will Be Doing As the Systems Engineer Stf you will be responsible for translating customer needs into clear requirements and technical deliverables while driving cross‑functional collaboration and anomaly investigation. Your responsibilities will include: Develop and author requirements and supporting documentation aligned with customer needs. Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless integration and timely delivery. Investigate and resolve technical anomalies that impact schedule or performance. Apply system‑engineering principles to meet milestones, manage risk, and validate solutions. Communicate status, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders to keep projects on target. What’s In It For You We are committed to supporting your work‑life...

Description: WHO WE ARE The Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs) is looking for world-class talent in Software Engineering to be a part of a team that will carry on our 80-year tradition-making history in advanced aircraft development. The vehicle management software team writes software for a wide range of aircraft subsystems that make an airplane fly. We are a highly innovative fast paced team working developing modular and reusable software to support both our current platforms and the aircraft of the future. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU 3-day weekend every weekend! 4-10 Mon-Thursday option + Flexible Schedules This team is working new development software where our team members get to work hands on from the lab to the aircraft in all stages of development, including design, code, integration, and lab and field test. We work on a wide range of technologies and give our team members the opportunity to drive their career towards their area of interest. You...

Description: WHO WE ARE: The Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs) is looking for world-class talent in Software Engineering to be a part of a team that will carry on our 80-year tradition-making history in advanced aircraft development. The vehicle management software team writes software for a wide range of aircraft subsystems that make an airplane fly. We are a highly innovative fast paced team working developing modular and reusable software to support both our current platforms and the aircraft of the future. We operate out of the Skunk Works headquarters in Palmdale, CA in a fully onsite and hands on team. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: This team is working new development software where our team members get to work hands on from the lab to the aircraft in all stages of development, including design, code, integration, and lab and field test. We work on a wide range of technologies and give our team members the opportunity to drive their career towards their...

Description: You will be the Systems Engineer Senior - Level 3 for the Advanced Development Program (ADP) which is responsible for pioneering next‑generation aircraft technologies. What You Will Be Doing As the Systems Engineer Senior - Level 3 you will be responsible for translating ambitious concepts into verifiable system designs, driving the integration of cutting‑edge engineering disciplines, and delivering results in a fast‑paced, innovative environment. Your responsibilities will include: - Leading system architecture and trade‑study activities for advanced aircraft concepts. - Driving Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practices and tool adoption. - Coordinating multidisciplinary teams to execute agile development cycles. - Managing multiple concurrent assignments while maintaining technical rigor and schedule commitments. - Producing technical risk assessments and present actionable solutions to senior leadership. What’s In It For You We are committed to...