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Software Tools Engineer Sr

Lockheed Martin

Palmdale, CAFull-time$110–205K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$110–205K/yr
Location
Palmdale, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Software Tools Engineer Sr plans and maintains software build activities and develops commercial and custom tools supporting DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines, team management, and cross-IPT coordination. The role applies development lifecycle standards and collaborates across teams to create workflows that meet program needs for traceability and security. It also maintains tools used across requirements generation, software design, implementation, integration, and flight test.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CI/CD Pipeline BuildingCI/CD Pipeline MaintenanceWindows System AdministrationLinux System AdministrationPythonCMakeShell ScriptingGitGitLabJiraSoftware Collaboration ToolsAtlassian AdministrationConfluenceBambooC/C++Windows Software Build and DebuggingLinux Software Build and DebuggingDevSecOps Tool Installation and MaintenanceAgile MethodologiesAgile TeamworkTravel

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience3 Years Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Standard Job Description

  • Plans, conducts, and maintains software build activities.

  • Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs ommercial tools spanning DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines, team management, and cross IPT coordination.

  • Applies the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.

  • Collaborates across teams to develop custom behaviors and workflows to meet program needs while meeting requirements for traceability and security.

  • Customize and maintain tools that are used through the execution of requirements generation, software design, implementation, integration and flight test.

  • Communicates with IT to minimize build environment downtime and impacts as well as developing and maintaining custom, proprietary tools used by maintenance and operations.

  • Ensures software standards are met.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or above from an accredited college in a relevant field of study; or equivalent with minimum 3 years experience

  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD build pipelines

  • System admin experience on Windows and Linux platforms

  • proficient in Python, Cmake, or other shell scripting languages

Desired Skills

  • Familiarity with Git, GitLab, Jira, and other SW collaboration tools

  • Admin experience on Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo)

  • Knoweldge of C/C++ or other programming languages

  • Experience building and debugging SW in Windows and Linux environments

  • Experience installing and maintaining DevSecOps tools and build environments

  • Agile methodologies / working in an Agile development team

  • Ability to travel as needed

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $110300.00 - $204900.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.

  • For (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.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 40,832 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$110–205K/yr
  • California median$165–246K/yr7,688 salary ranges
  • US median$135–218K/yr32,472 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $158K, is 23% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,560 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 40,832 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (33,318 postings).
Education
14,022 of the 40,832 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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