Software Engineer

Lockheed Martin•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•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. The Combined Orbital Operations, Logistics, and Resiliency (COOLR) program ensures U.S. military forces have continuous, secure, and uninterrupted global communications by providing operations and maintenance of Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar), and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellations. COOLR’s mission encompasses satellite bus and payload sustainment, ground hardware maintenance, on-orbit troubleshooting, cybersecurity enhancements, and mission planning. This role will involve building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines to modernize how satellite ground system software is developed, tested, and deployed. The engineer would be expected to work with both modern DevOps tooling and legacy codebases, develop and integrate automated test suites, and ensure pipelines meet the strict compliance and security requirements common in the aerospace domain.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or closely related technical field
3+ years of experience writing software in C/C++ or Python
1+ Experience working on teams using Agile software development practices
Experience in DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development
US Citizenship Required
Must be able to attain a DoD Secret clearance

Nice To Haves

Understanding of open architecture, cloud computing design, and security principles
Understanding of application containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Understanding of event-driven architecture (e.g., Apache Artemis, RabbitMQ, etc.)
Experience in Linux Environment and Git
Experience with Atlassian product suite (e.g., Jira, Confluence, etc.)

Responsibilities

Building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines to modernize how satellite ground system software is developed, tested, and deployed.
Working with both modern DevOps tooling and legacy codebases.
Developing and integrating automated test suites.
Ensuring pipelines meet the strict compliance and security requirements common in the aerospace domain.