Senior Manager of Ground Systems

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager to lead our Ground Systems team within Combat Systems in Engineering and Technology at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

As a Senior Manager, you will coordinate with the LoBe Team, the Program Management Office, and Control Account Managers to ensure that program requirements and deliverables are met.

You will lead a team of engineers skilled in DevSecOps methodologies, tools, and technologies, and be responsible for ensuring operational best practices and remaining cutting-edge in DevSecOps methodologies, tools, and process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the LoBe Team, the Program Management Office, and Control Account Managers to ensure that program requirements and deliverables are met.
• Lead a team of engineers skilled in DevSecOps methodologies, tools, and technologies.
• Ensure operational best practices and remain cutting-edge in DevSecOps methodologies, tools, and process.
• Strategically plan and drive automation technologies and tools across the software development lifecycle from requirements to development to testing and operations.
• Serve as a resource and mentor for a team of DevSecOps first-line leaders.
• Responsible for enhancing and maintaining telemetry in support of monitoring tool suites throughout code and infrastructure.
• Coordinate employee recruitment, selection, and training, performance assessments, salary planning, recognition/disciplinary actions, and engineering competency development.
• Collaborate with Engineering Line of Business (LOBe), Program Management Office, and other Engineering Functional Senior Managers to plan and execute personnel assignments to match staffing demands.
• Contribute to or lead cost estimating efforts with demanding schedules, including both competitive proposals and on-contract growth ECPs and ROMs.
• Drive technical excellence, affordability, and continuous improvement while supporting program execution and adherence to engineering development processes, and promoting focus on customer value.
• Employ Agile development principles and techniques while providing guidance to the design, development, documentation, and testing of a large, complex, logistics software product.
• Leader duties may include organizational breakdown structure manager, escalation, and removal of team impediments and management of risk.

What's In It For You:

3 day weekends every weekend

We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Our Commitment to DEI

We Hear You, We See You. At LM Aeronautics, we invest in people and promoting the sharing of ideas to create incredible solutions.

We know that our success depends on the combined efforts of diverse-thinkers like you. At LM Aeronautics, we cultivate an inclusive environment that appreciates differences and unique thinking.

Our global commitment to diversity and inclusion reflects our values of doing what's right, respecting others, and performing with excellence.

Learn more here:

Global DEI

At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level.

From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering field

Previous Systems Architecture, and/or Engineering experiences commensurate with position

Experience with agile methodologies, especially Scaled Agile and/or Scrum

Experience in leading teams and providing related technical direction

Excellent written and verbal skills

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and willing/able to use/learn project management software like Jira

Desired Skills:

Proficient in Product Engineering, Architecture, Software, and Agile development

Skilled in cost management and earned value

Experienced in leading diverse teams across cultures and geographies

Accomplished in cultural transformation and effective mentoring

Expertise in new business development, proposal writing, and standardization

DoDAF, UAF, or similar Frameworks, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Cameo tool

Requirements Engineering and Requirements validation and verification

Interface Control Document (ICD) development

Test planning and execution – especially automated integration testing and requirements verification

Design reviews

Software architecture, design, development, and test experience – Shift-Left concepts, DevSecOps, microservices, event-driven design

Working knowledge of Cameo or other system modeling tool

Working knowledge of DOORS or other requirements management tool

Security Clearance Statement:

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

Clearance Level:

Top Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know:

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.

Should this match be identified, you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely:

The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

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.

Schedule for this Position:

4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility.

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role.

Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Experience Level:

Experienced Professional

Business Unit:

AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Relocation Available:

Possible

Career Area:

Systems Engineering:

Software

Type:

Full-Time

Shift:

First