Cyber Software Engineer Technical Lead

About the role

**JOB ID:** 732029BR

**Date posted:** Jun. 12, 2026

**Description:**

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters a collaborative work environment that encourages differences and big\-picture thinking.

In this role, you will:

* Provide strategic engineering leadership to analyze, assess, develop, and operationalize vulnerabilities and exploits across multiple platforms. * Conduct and direct development services, as well as associated tasks, necessary to adequately design and deploy vulnerabilities and exploits * Accompany Government staff to meetings with external partners offering vulnerabilities and exploits to provide initial technical assessment of these items * Attend joint development meetings and workshops with cooperating intelligence services and corporate entities * Design and execute reliability, security, and other testing and assessment of vulnerabilities and exploits against embedded targets

**Basic Qualifications:**

Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or related computer security field experience, demonstrated programming proficiency in security\-oriented areas, in\-depth knowledge of embedded, mobile and desktop operating systems, and prior experience leading development teams in a computer security\-oriented environment (Google Android, Embedded Linux and variant Operating systems)

* Bachelor's Degree in one of the following areas: Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer and Information Security, Computer Security, Computer Forensics, Information Systems, or other closely related degree.

**Desired Skills:**

* Demonstrated experience leading a team of Reverse Engineers, Vulnerability Researchers and/or Software Engineers * Demonstrated experience with memory management and threading * Demonstrated in\-depth experience in tool development and kernel architecture in operating systems such as: Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS and Android * Software development experience including design, implementation, testing, analysis and debugging supporting CNO/CNE. * Demonstrated experience performing Software Configuration Management * Demonstrated experience writing unit test when developing new software and fixing bugs

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**Security Clearance Statement:**

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

**Clearance Level:**

Top Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years

**Other Important Information You Should Know**

**Expression of Interest:**

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:**

Full\-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.

**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:**

Standard Monday to Friday 40 hour work week

**Pay Rate:** The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $204,200 \- $353,855\. 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.

**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 $177,500 \- $313,030\. 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.

**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.**

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

**Experience Level:**

Experienced Professional

**Business Unit:**

SPACE

**Relocation Available:**

Possible

**Career Area:**

Software Engineering

**Type:**

Full\-Time

**Shift:**

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

**Pioneering Defense Technology:** From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can innovate mission solutions alongside the best minds in the business.

**United By Culture:** Excellence, integrity, and collaboration define us. We accelerate change and embrace one another’s perspectives to win for our customers.

**Real Impact, Real Growth:** Grow your career and skills for life. Our wide array of opportunities and technology\-driven learning programs enable your development and agility.

**Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life:** Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits and flexible schedules designed so you thrive — at work and beyond.

**Empowered to Be Your Best:** Use your strengths to make a difference in the lives of one another, our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:

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