Software Engineering Team Lead

Software Engineering Team Lead

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Great salary, BUPA, Benefits & 4 Day Work Week option

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) provides systems engineering, software development, training solutions and complex program management for global security, civil and commercial markets.

Simply stated, our mission is to be the world’s leading global security and aerospace company.

What will I be doing?

We have an exciting opportunity to join an existing team as a Software Engineering Team Lead, providing technical and personnel leadership to deliver cutting-edge software solutions.

The ideal candidate will have a strong software background, with experience of leading technical strategy to accelerate deliveries e.g. migrating to Cloud, DevSecOps, SRE, and cutting-edge software architecture and methodologies, coupled with leadership skills to support a team of engineers, working on-site.

This is a great opportunity for you to develop your leadership skills by assuming some line management responsibilities without sacrificing the technical aspect of your role.

The key responsibilities of an Engineering Team Lead are:

• Being responsible for providing day to day employee management, performance assessment, work assignments, approvals and recognition/disciplinary actions.
• Leading a technical team and working with stakeholders to deliver secure, high-quality software.
• Managing your time and the team’s time effectively to develop solutions to cost and quality targets.
• Promoting and driving innovation and technical excellence across our software engineering teams.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients and suppliers across all levels of the organisation both internally and with the customer.
• Collaborating internally to drive personnel focused process improvements.
• Collaborating with customer teams to standardise approaches and bring best practices to bear across the organisation.
• Participating in technical and business meetings, ensuring engineering elements are completed on schedule following established procedures, schedules, and work plans.

What’s in it for you?

• The chance to combine technical knowledge with people-leadership, which is an essential skill for our future senior leaders.

• The satisfaction of leading delivery and helping others grown in their own respective career path.

What skills will I need?

• Skilled at active listening, experience of technical mentoring.
• Ability to direct staff to achieve technical objectives and solutions.
• The ability to manage tasks and priorities to ensure that assigned workload is delivered when required.
• Positive attitude, and willingness to get involved with tasks across the Engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on complex topics.
• Proficient in a current software development language such as Java, C/C++, Python, TypeScript, ReactJS
• A knowledge of:
• DevSecOps approaches to automation and security
• Microservice architectures
• Infrastructure as Code tools
• Cloud technologies

Desired skills, qualifications and experience

• Experience of leading and day to day managing of people.
• Ability to analyse technical problems and provide pragmatic solutions.
• Proven ability to produce cost effective and technically compliant solutions.
• Experience as an Engineering Lead or similar position.
• Experience with Agile, or Kanban methodologies.
• Experience of working in a highly regulated industry.
• Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects (desirable, not essential)

Please note:

There is no work from home or hybrid working arrangement available on this role, due to the security classification of the work involved.

You must be willing to undergo an enhanced level of security clearance for the role.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence.

By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.

We know that diversity of thought leads to better solutions for our customers.

Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert.

In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process.

If you require assistance or adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] or call 023 92 458 000.