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Lockheed Martin Software Engineer reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(857 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

87% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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

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857 reviews
5.0
Sep 5, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Not hesitant to grant opportunties

Cons

Lots of red tape and lots of middle managers

3.0
Sep 2, 2025

It’s…fine

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good foot in the door if you’re really into space and defense and all that; not much for anything else - coworkers are generally good. Some programs may seem like a pre-retirement home with archaic tools and processes but others are not - relatively good 401K contribution. They match the first 8% of your contribution - best compensation out of all the other big defense companies by far (which says something about how terrible the other companies are) - if the program goes under they try their best to keep you there even if it means putting you on a program that’s less than ideal

Cons

- Low pay: Lower than median pay for Software Engineer. The excuse here is that the contracts are pre-negotiated and Lockheed “doesn’t work like other regular companies”. Please. - Low bonuses: 4% bonus is considered rare and only for the truly exceptional lmao - OK benefits: this depends on the area but generally the benefits are blah - Programs often go under and the process is chaotic - Oh and they completely got rid of their DEI initiatives like cowards

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