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 and benefits 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 (900) , Systems Engineer (678) , Senior Software Engineer (291) , Engineer (244) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (186) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (165) , 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 1625 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1103 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1025 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 912 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 329 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 578 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders."" ((in 289 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 154 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 144 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 133 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

2.0

Oct 1, 2018

Take charge of your career. Be careful not to get stuck on a legacy project for too long.

Software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

- Name recognition for your resume - Interesting problems depending on the team you are working on

Cons

- Not much work-life balance. - Benefits are not competitive when compared to similar institutions. - Depending on the team you get, you will be working with mostly legacy products which have codebases filled with insurmountable technical debt, mostly because of the high level of churn. - Fellow engineers doing just enough to not get fired, but not enough to make any substantional improvements. Frequent use of the phrases ("That's not my problem", "I don't like that person, I'm not helping that team). - No use of modern collaboration tools, still communicating back and forth through miles long email threads in 2018. - Rampant nepitism everywhere. Can be a fun excercise to trace a whole family lineage. - if your lead doesn't understand how a tool can benefit a project they won't take the time to learn.

4.0

Jul 25, 2018

Fair Place

Software engineer

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Pros

Learn new things Lateral move potential - each program/contract is very different Career trajectory is good Professional environment Great on a resume, great track record Stable, hard to get fired Good benefits, although they're getting squeezed over time like every over megacorp Very impressive 10% 401K match and $500(single)-$1k(married) HSA contribution Potential bonus for rock stars (manager's favorites) 9/80 schedule, every other Friday off Fair pay, negotiable w/ potential for relocation or sign-on bonuses. Overtime is paid and typically not mandatory, allowing good work/life balance.

Cons

Large government contract = lots of red tape Outdated tools Sometimes poor workflow/poor attempt to adopt new methodologies like Agile You may be figuratively placed in a closet and forgotten for months Some work is mundane/monotonous bug-fixes or pure maintenance Difficult to use parental leave, FMLA, disability leave, or otherwise use your regular vacation time (program dependent) Laughable 0-4% raises

3.0

May 10, 2018

Right out of college - great first job

Software engineer

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Pros

The team was super supportive when I first came on board. Senior software engineers took their time explaining concepts (the basics and the mission). Everyone on the team is willing to drop everything and help another team member out. The collaboration is fantastic and everyone is super supportive which is exactly what someone right out of college wants/needs. Management is easy to talk to and caters to the employees needs with proper training and guidance. Benefits are pretty good. Health care plans just recently went up though.

Cons

PTO is limited and may feel pressured to get full 40 hours in when you had a snow storm in the middle of the week still. Security clearance process is a pain and slow. Work is sometimes dull - lots of maintenance fixes and not a lot of coding/design implementation at times.

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