Software project leader job description

X is Alphabet's moonshot factory. We are a diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs who build and launch technologies that aim to improve the lives of millions, even billions, of people. Our goal: 10x impact on the world's most intractable problems, not just 10% improvement. We approach projects that have the aspiration and riskiness of research with the speed and ambition of a startup.
About the team:

You will join an early stage team exploring how a mix of new fabrics, robotics and AI/ML might help people with mobility challenges and improve quality of life for hundreds of millions of people. For example, imagine the functionality of exoskeletons in a form-factor closer to clothing. The project will be in a prototyping phase, rapidly iterating and implementing ideas to progressively de-risk the idea from a technical perspective.

The team is multi-disciplinary, bringing together expertise in machine learning, biomechanics, robotics and soft goods. What unites us is a drive for impact and willingness to look ridiculous. We celebrate spectacular failures.

About the role:

You will be the project's technical lead for software, machine learning, high level controls, data insights and simulation. You'll work cross-functionally with the Hardware and Embedded Systems lead, Product Management, and other teams. Our team is small, scrappy and constantly evolving, as such, you should enjoy contributing high impact code as well as guiding and mentoring others.

This is an incredibly dynamic role and requires high interdisciplinary communication, organization, and planning. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and has a track record of effectively operating in a dynamic loosely-structured environment (e.g. startup, new product within Google). You should be comfortable with uncertainty and constantly figuring out what to do next. If you like to know exactly what you'll be working on tomorrow/next quarter, it's probably not for you. If you flourish in creative chaos and can gently introduce a bit of rigor but not too much to kill the spirit of innovation, if you are motivated by making the world a better place through technology, and want to be part of an inclusive team with diverse mindsets and backgrounds that makes this happen - then this might just be the role for you.

How you'll make 10X impact:

* Be an active engineer and technical lead on the project. You must be willing to get your hands dirty! We operate Python, C++ and bash code in several distinct environments
* Own the technical roadmap for software, ML and controls and drive the team to meet the milestones. Balance longevity and broad exploration with rapid execution. Work with the engineering team across SWE, Machine Learning, and statistical problems
* Drive key decisions on software architecture. Produce technical and design documents. Lead design reviews and provide feedback to the team members.
* You will be a key stakeholder for the product and hardware roadmap as well. Work to bring prototype to product. Work with UX, HW/SW, and PM to rapidly prototype features to speed up innovation.
* Assess and scope technical feasibility of possible new products, prototypes, and research explorations
* Work with internal and external partners to scope and execute data collection and testing as needed
* Provide mentorship to the team members
* Provide a sounding board of advice, assumption questioning, and puns to the project lead and other senior team members.

What you should have:

Having as many of these specific qualifications is a plus, but transferable skills/experiences from other adjacent domains may be equally valuable, we care more about who you are than what you've done.

* Passion for impact, drive to help us achieve it and enough objectivity to tell us what's not possible
* Technical leadership experience of successfully building and scaling teams and large scale software systems, ideally in a consumer product context. Experience of launching products interfacing multiple crossfunctions.
* A visionary and audacious streak - we'd rather explore high-risk, high-reward ideas than build a functional, yet incremental, platform.
* 5 years of technical leadership experience (TL/TLM) in algorithm development (AI/ML/Signal processing), software engineering, statistical analysis, and/or robotics controls
* Ability to reduce ambiguity in a problem and make it tracktable, including vaguely posed ideas such as "can we use RL to learn better robotics control?"
* Strong leadership skills, including written and verbal communication skills
* Experience with, exposure to, or interest in robotics, controls, HW/SW integration, mobility, wearables is nice-to-have, but you'll be working with a strong robotics lead and in a team with many content experts - we can teach you robotics easier than we can teach an robotics expert leadership and cultural attributes.

COVID\-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities\. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID\-19 variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security\.

To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires\. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID\-19 Community Level at the specific work location\.

**Description:** **The coolest jobs on this planet... or any other... are with Lockheed Martin Space\.**

The Space Software Product Line \(SSPL\) is seeking a Project Lead to join the team\. SSPL supports over 30 programs across all 5 LM Space Lines of Business, advancing software products through Software Factory standards and flexible software architectures\. We are at the forefront of building software that supports customer missions in a smarter, more efficient way\. Our Project Leads are critical to this goal, coordinating and leading one or more Agile product teams to develop embedded flight software that satisfies mission needs while meeting cost and schedule targets\.

We are seeking a Project Lead to perform outward stakeholder relationship management and reporting, internal Agile team leadership and product shaping, and project management responsibilities\.
An ideal candidate for this role will:

\- Coordinate agile teams and effectively facilitate the scope and priority of software product capabilities

\- Understand and translate higher\-level requirements and needs into software development targets and tasks

\- Develop cost and schedule for a software\-centric project

\- Communicate and partner with stakeholders including customers and senior leadership to cultivate mission success

This role may be located in one of these locations:

**This position is in Rocket City USA, one of the greatest places to work: Huntsville, AL**

**This position is in one of the Coolest places to work: Denver, Colorado\.**

**Basic Qualifications:**

\- Degree in Systems, Software, or related aerospace/defense field, or related experience

\- Previous technical leadership experience, including schedule and budget responsibility

\- Experience with Agile methods, processes, and practices

**Desired Skills:**

\- Excellent written and verbal communications skills with previous experience presenting to customers and/or stakeholders

\- Previous embedded, aerospace, or spacecraft flight software leadership and/or development experience

\- Previous experience as a technical lead for software teams or agile teams

\- Familiarity with Earned Value Management

\- Previous Control Account Manager \(CAM\) experience

\- Familiarity with Agile tools such as JIRA, Agility

\- Previous project management experience

\- Ability to obtain DOD Secret or Top Secret Clearance

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Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here: https://candidate\.lmbenefitscompass\.com

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**

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**Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status\.**

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

Collins Aerospace has an exciting opportunity for a Software Project Lead Engineer. We're looking for a passionate professional to accept a high level of responsibility within a fast-paced, dynamic environment. In this role you would support the Electric Power Systems Controls embedded products.
Primary Responsibilities:

+ Project management and technical administration of software development and verification teams for developing and certifying cutting-edge electronic systems software for such aircraft platforms and manufacturers

+ Work closely with the customers, certification authorities, Program Managers, Chief Engineers, suppliers, and functional managers in a team environment, sometimes with remote team members

+ Engage in full life-cycle development (plan, design, verify, certify) of embedded software for control of electric power systems, and certifying to aerospace standards (DO-178 is typical, Level A to C)

Basic Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience OR

+ Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience OR

+ In absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience is required

+ Must be a U.S. Person/Permanent Resident "Green Card" holder

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's degree Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field preferred.

+ Experience in development of complete project plans, including schedule, budget, and resource planning; evaluation of technical decisions against schedule and budgetary constraints.

+ Experience in embedded software development/verification

+ Experience in Project Management in the Aerospace Industry

+ Experience using DO-178 or similar industry standards

+ Experience in a team leadership role

+ Experience and familiarity with the full aerospace product software development and certification (DO-178B/C) lifecycle including requirements analysis, design, development, integration, verification, and certification

+ PMP Certification

+ Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)

+ Familiar with working in lab environments using oscilloscopes, in circuit emulators / target system debuggers and computer assisted test stands

+ Understanding of quality software development processes is required

+ Strong interpersonal and communications skills

+ Experience with mentoring and guiding junior software engineers in a working environment within defined development and certification plans

+ Generator/Power controls experience is a plus

+ General experience with hardware design

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second. Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world - and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

+ Medical, dental, and vision insurance

+ Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

+ Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

+ Tuition reimbursement program

+ Student Loan Repayment Program

+ Life insurance and disability coverage

+ Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

+ Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

+ Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

+ Adoption Assistance

+ Autism Benefit

+ Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

+ Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

+ Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

+ Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

+ Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

+ And more!

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

Note:

+ Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)

+ Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

Employee Referral Eligible

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.