Is Lockheed Martin a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Lockheed Martin have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 857 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Lockheed Martin employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Lockheed Martin now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Lockheed Martin .

Does Lockheed Martin pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Lockheed Martin with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 857 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Lockheed Martin.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Lockheed Martin?

84% of Software Developer employees at Lockheed Martin would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 9% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Lockheed Martin with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lockheed Martin?

Software Engineer (901) , Systems Engineer (678) , Senior Software Engineer (291) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (112) , Project Manager (111) , Associate Software Engineer (110) , Subcontract Administrator (103) , Quality Engineer (94) , Project Engineer (89)

What are the pros of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and a full catalog of potential tech careers can be had working for them." ((in 1606 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1113 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1036 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 940 reviews)); "Great opportunities for exciting work on multiple programs if you volunteer for it and prive yourself." ((in 319 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 583 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders."" ((in 287 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 161 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 140 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 134 reviews))

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Lockheed Martin Software Developer reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(857 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

87% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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4.4

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

Software Developer employees have rated Lockheed Martin with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 857 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Lockheed Martin is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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857 reviews

3.0

Oct 2, 2022

A little too mega-corporate.

Software engineer

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Pros

The matching is great, and the work is cool. Good people to have fun with if you’re 25-35~ socially.

Cons

The engineering leadership at the company has a very poor idea of how to handle software jobs. Frankly, working at Lockheed as a software engineer is kind of like actively working for charity. The pay is awful, especially as you get into a mid level position. Performance based promotions are stupidly hard to get, but they’ll give people from other companies $50k starting bonuses. Makes sense, right?

3.0

Sep 28, 2022

Your Mileage May Vary

Software engineer

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Pros

One phrase: work life balance. The 9/80 or 4/10 schedules are very flexible. I rarely worked overtime. The compensation is good, especially for the light workload. Benefits are pretty good, and there's lot of room to jump between projects so work stays fresh.

Cons

Huge, slow, frustrating company. Very old school, and a feeling of complacency abounds - there is very little drive to move quickly, efficiently, or creatively when working on projects here. Lots of red tape and just in general the employees here do not work quickly. Probably goes without saying, but LM is majorly a boys club, especially on the engineering side.

5.0

Sep 27, 2022

Either a great time or not so great (team-dependent)

Software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Depending on your team: - work can be nearly fully remote - WLB very good as it's not easy to do overtime (thats govt money to be spent) - Interesting problems to develop skills against - decent salary, not most competitive but definitely good

Cons

- tech stack slightly outdated - redtape can slow down certain processes/practices

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