Software Engineer - F35 - Level 5

About the role

**JOB ID:** 734454BR

**Date posted:** Jul. 09, 2026

**Description:**

**We Are Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.*****Imagine*****.**

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. Never have the opportunities for a technical career been so limitless.

**What’s In It For You**

**3 Day Weekends Every Weekend!**

This opportunity is also eligible for a sign\-on bonus for external applicants.

From flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security,

**Who You Are**

As a software engineer you will serve as a software developer for F\-35 Pilot Systems Software (PSSW), Multi\-Function Display (MFD), and Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) Teams. In this role you will be expected to lead in the design, development, test and integration of real\-time, embedded display software for TR3 and TR2 hardware. This software will be developed in C\+\+ and OpenGL using an agile methodology.

\*\*\*Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access and an Interim Secret clearance to start.\*\*\*

Fort Worth, TX

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**Basic Qualifications:**

* Bachelors degree or above required within Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related major * C\+\+ experience * Python experience * Unix/Linux experience * Design Patterns, Programming to an Interface * Experience with large real time embedded software development * Agile/Scrum Development experience

**Desired Skills:**

* Embedded display experience * Experience with JSF architecture * Experience with test automation * Complete software lifecycle development process and test philosophies * CI/CD, Pipeline, DevSecOps * OpenGL, VulkanSC, QT * Python and/or Perl * Atlassian Collaboration Tools * Experience in a fast past\-paced environment in technical teams across virtual environments * Experience or familiarity with System Integration and Test * Team leadership experience * Mission Systems/Avionics background * Detail and teamwork oriented * Experience applying design patterns in C\+\+ * OOA/OOD/OOP

**Security Clearance Statement:**

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

**Clearance Level:**

Secret

**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:**

Onsite Full\-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

**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 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:**

AERONAUTICS COMPANY

**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:

Flexible Schedules, dependent on role Levels: Student, Entry, Mid, Senior, Management Locations: Nationwide \& OCONUS Positions