ADA Software Contractor

at  LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

REQUIRED SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience of Airborne Mission Systems, Training Systems, Postal or Cyber domains.
• Proven skills in software design and development using some of: Ada 95, Java (J2EE), C/C++, C#.
• Experience in Real-Time Embedded Systems.
• Experience and understanding of safety-critical systems and constraints.
• Ability to work accurately from detailed System Specifications Software Requirement Specifications and to be able to trace requirements coverage.
• Ability to support testing and to resolve issues arising.
• To investigate issues arising in the field or during testing and to provide solutions.
• Strong background in software development techniques including e.g. design patterns.
• Ability to develop software fulfilling requirements to optimise software for speed, memory constraints, maintainability etc.
• Ability to design metrics for work and to use them to track progress.
• Proven ability to produce innovative, technically compliant and cost-effective solutions.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role is for a Software Engineer to work as part of the RMS UK Engineering & Technology (E&T) Team on a variety of Defence, Commercial and Cyber programmes.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a variety of technical functions, including technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and analysis. They will ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions and work with technical, schedule and cost constraints.
The Software Engineer will be integral to the successful performance of Lockheed Martin’s programmes in the UK; the candidate will be expected to develop and adhere to challenging schedules.

Duties include:

• Design and develop Airborne Mission Systems, Tactical Mission Systems and ground-based training systems.
• Provide creative technical solutions to commercial customers’ business challenges.
• Conduct research into new technologies for use and adaptation in programmes and IRAD projects.
• Convert requirements into appropriate software design and code, documented in adherence to relevant standards.
• Contribute and lead, where appropriate, discussions on architectural decisions to create solutions to requirements.
• Identify and employ suitable software modelling and development tools and techniques.
• Provide estimates for work and contribute to the production of metrics to track progress.
• Ensure software is developed through the SDLC according to the relevant engineering processes.
• Develop software in accordance with requirements and agreed design, with consideration for software quality and future maintenance.
• Produce the required documentation for software such as User Guides, Design Documents and Coding Standards.
• Ensure collaboration with other engineering disciplines to support requirements capture and testing of software, and to ensure an integrated approach to meet cost and schedule targets.
• Ensure Configuration Management documentation is produced accurately.
• Be active in transferring knowledge to staff using documentation and modelling of design and code, user guides, development guides, white board sessions, seminars and 1-2-1 training.
• Working under consultative direction towards long-range goals and objectives.

The role will not be authorized to provide services to or by Lockheed Martin UK, which are directly related to business development, acquisition, or sales efforts for a Lockheed Martin UK customer or potential customer. Any exception to this rule can only be granted, in advance, by the Lockheed Martin UK Ltd, Integrated Systems, Havant representative.
Contractor/Agency to be responsible for maintaining adequate liability insurance, certifications, accreditations, and training required to perform their tasks.