Cyber Software Engineer

Lockheed Martin•Herndon, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. In this role, you will: Conduct 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. This position is contingent on program funding, expected in late summer 2026.

Requirements

Minimum 2 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
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.
Top Secret Clearance with an investigation within the last five years required to start this position
Must be a US Citizen for consideration

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Conduct 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