Director Weapon Designer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Description
WHAT WE'RE DOING
Lockheed Martin is advancing next-generation command and control capabilities to support critical missions through scalable, data-driven systems. You will be joining the Enterprise Mission C2 (EMC2) organization supporting one of our weapon control system programs Valley Forge, PA.
We are seeking an experienced Software Architect, or Technical Director with direct experience in modern development practices and technologies, and is comfortable leading modernization efforts that involve working in partnership with external organizations. This highly visible role will have technical authority for shaping the next generation of software architecture, CI/CD development pipelines, and execution. The successful candidate will drive execution of the evolutionary software infrastructure roadmap, working in partnership with a small team of high-performing run-ahead engineers on emerging technologies and approaches.
THE WORK
As your primary responsibility, you will operate in either a Software Architect or Technical Director role in front of a weapon control system program's modernization, playing an active role across all software development activities - from its design and description to hands-on development and testing.
As the modernization efforts expand in future years, this technical leader will provide an essential role in enabling the broader program organization to transition into this new development environment that the successful candidate helped shape.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead Software Architecture strategy and execution for modernization capabilities, ensuring alignment with program objectives and mission outcomes.
• Ability to Lead and participate in the development of trade study evaluations for best-fit application of modern commercial technologies into existing weapon control system programs.
• Drive modern software development approaches leveraging cloud computing, containerization, and microservices architectures.
• Oversee software deployment across both cloud and on-prem hardware to verify requirements across deployment configurations.
• Lead planning and execution of tasking for modernization-focused activities.
• Provide technical oversight of modernization software activities, and reporting.
• Drive Agentic and GenAI workstreams and tools into the software development processes accelerate refactoring of legacy code into modernized interfaces and environments.
• Provide technical oversight of a weapon control system's modernization activities, and reporting.
• Lead high-visibility demonstrations and checkpoint events, integrating Lockheed Martin and partner solutions for customer-facing validation.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to develop and execute a program modernization roadmap, while assisting to identifying resource, staffing, and capability needs.
• Collaborate with product owners, AI specialists, security, finance, and program managers to deliver scalable, containerized solutions that accelerate development across the enterprise.
WHO WE ARE
The EMC2 organization delivers advanced command-and-control capabilities that enable mission-critical decision making across complex, distributed environments.
WHO YOU ARE
You are comfortable leading the software architecture / development strategy for modernization efforts, while also engaging hands-on in day-to-day development activities. You thrive in collaborative environments, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and are motivated by delivering solutions that perform in real-world conditions.
Basic Qualifications
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with ≥ 1 years in architectural defining roles.
• Experience with development and deployment using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong background in micro-service design, CI/CD, and DevOps tooling.
• Experience with AI/ML integration and modernizing legacy code bases.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
EEO
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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Other Important Information
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
Part-time Remote Telework: 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 Schedule Information
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.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $128,400 - $226,435. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $147,700 - $255,990. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.