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What is the highest Software Engineer salary at Lockheed Martin?

The highest paying salary package reported for a Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin sits at a yearly total compensation of $130,000. This includes base salary as well as any potential stock compensation and bonuses.

How much do Lockheed Martin Software Engineer employees get paid?

The median yearly total compensation reported at Lockheed Martin for the Software Engineer role is $103,600.

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“Definitely underpaid unfortunately. Not only is my salary lower than the typical average, but the first 5 hours of overtime is unpaid (referred to as the 5 hour gate), every hour after that is only straight time. Not only that, but many expect you to work the 5 hours of unpaid overtime if your pressure for schedule, yet almost every contract schedule appears to be under budgeted in terms of schedule.”

+$46K (48%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“About right. I was right in the middle of the salary for employees at my pay grade. I was happy with it.”

+$20K (24%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I have never been about the money. I love solving problems and getting a quality product to the customer.”

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“Tough question. My skill set is overall well rounded and balance, so it’s hard to determine my actual value. I’ve switched programming languages (C/C++ programming language into Java development), so my overall experience is Senior Software Engineer but with only 5 years of Java Experience. As I learn more web development, my skill set will improve along with my salary. I believe in a couple of years, my salary will go up dramatically, along with my skill set.”

+$34K (38%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I think I am correctly compensated. It is considered a little high based on our region’s demographics.”

+$14K (17%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I’m clearly underpaid. Fell into a low bracket when hired, and nearly impossible to break out.”

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“Underpaid compared to everyone I work with due to my lack of years of experience. “

+$9K (11%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I feel underpaid for my performance.”

+$54K (55%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“Great salary”

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+$66K (63%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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“Neither or both. At times they underpaid me and at times they overpaid me. It depended, at any given moment, on the type and degree of problems: challenging but solvable problems were good; frustrating, boring, or unsolvable problems were bad. When my workload was full of good problems, it felt like they were overpaying me but when it was overloaded with bad problems it felt like they weren’t paying nearly enough. Before layoff, it would have taken quite a bit more for me to change jobs.”

+$57K (57%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“It depends on the day and on the contents of my to-do list for that day. Some items are interesting and I would do them for free (or for much less than I was paid in any event), other items are boring or frustrating and I think that I could not be paid enough to have to deal with them. Since the interesting problems tended to be more prevalent than the others, I would say overall it seemed like I was overpaid, but, it was probably closer to just right.”

+$57K (57%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I think the compensation was good though at times it seemed like it was too much while at others I was sure it was too little, depending on the problems of the day. If I were still employed with LM, it would require a large increase in salary (assuming salary was the only incentive) to make up for losing all of the positive aspects of the company. If the new position included more interesting experience, comparable environment and people, and so on, then the necessary salary would be less.”

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“My salary has never been the driving force behind my passion in this field. What is fair and the opportunity to grow in any field with knowledge and strong leadership abilities trumps right up there to be considered. “

+$54K (55%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I was adequately paid and received advances commensurate with my responsibilities.”

-$11K (16%) less than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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“The starting salary as a mechanical engineer was low in my opinion. I started out at 54,625 while I had other colleagues at other companies starting anywhere between 60k and 65k. Although, I was able to receive pay raises in a timely manner.”

+$2K (2%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“I feel like I am paid what I deserve. “

-$1K (1%) less than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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“Sub: Project Engineer
I came across the opening for Project Engineer on your website. I am very interested and submitting an application for this position.
The professional experience acquired as listed on my resume testifies to my serious commitment towards accomplishing a successful career. With my skills, I feel very confident to address the issues related to this position.
I would like to have an opportunity to discuss further the requirements and how can I be an asset to your esteemed organization. I would be highly obliged if you please arrange an interview.
With best regards,
Sincerely yours,
Muhammed Syeed”

+$39K (43%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“Underpaid. I was a staff engineer.”

+$9K (11%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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“I am at the mid-point in my salary range and that has been the case over the last 10 years so there has not been any appreciable deterioration of not being promoted to the Senior Staff Software Engineer level. “

+$44K (47%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

“Underpaid, 2% raises a year with inflation passing all of us by.”

+$59K (58%) more than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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“I think the salary is cool. I know I could be getting more for the area I that I’m in but I appreciate the overall quality of work life balance.”

-$11K (16%) less than average Lockheed Martin salary ($71K)

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Data Warehouse Manager
is the highest paying job at Lockheed Martin at $172,000 annually.

HR Assistant
is the lowest paying job at Lockheed Martin at $18,000 annually.

Lockheed Martin employees earn $71,000 annually on average, or $34 per hour.

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What is happening in the US IT labor market? / Habr

In a post about the new rules for immigration to the United States, they touched on a rather interesting topic – the lack of qualified IT specialists in America. This problem has always existed, but why now it has attracted the attention of the giants of industry?

I have my own opinion on this matter, which I would like to share. These are not statistics, just observations and conclusions. The action takes place in the Seattle area, 20 minutes from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Expedia, etc.

The roots of the problem go back to more than 10 years ago, when the dot-com crash raged in the United States, IT companies fell like dominoes, people were fired in teams, salaries plummeted, and hundreds of resumes were sent to one open position in the first hour after publication. .

My colleague said that he himself sent a decorated basket of cookies to the recruiter, where he put his resume – just to get attention.

Many layoffs quickly figured out the direction of the trend and went to get licensed real estate agents and loan brokers, the need for which grew along with real estate prices at an alarming rate.

It is also clear that every year millions of high school graduates decide who they want to be. And if the finished computer “geeks” chose their profession at the age of 10, then the vast majority considers subsequent employment and salary as decisive factors. Of course, in that situation on the market, the thought was spinning in the young brain – “What the hell is necessary ?!”, And crowds of graduates joined the ranks of future financiers, doctors, lawyers, etc. instead of learning programming.

Then, over the next 5-7 years, the industry was at rest – qualified specialists found stable jobs, recovered from the shock, made a career and acquired benefits. For most of them, the desire to enter the labor market was repulsed for a long time. They were valued, raised salaries and provided a relatively quiet life in the comfort zone.

In the same period, the market exploded with new gadgets – the iPhone came out, followed by Android – new, interesting, mobile, unknown! Estimate for yourself how many people decided to try to write on them. In a nutshell, tasks have appeared that previously simply did not exist or were negligible.

Oh! So you can still make money on this? The employer is sent to the forest, the young talent lives in cheap housing, or even with mom and dad, Red Bull blows and pedals so that the keyboard smokes! Many of them became employers themselves, who, of course, were looking for programmers to hire.

An absolutely identical story happened with social networks – Zuckerberg’s billions haunted potential Microsoft interns and another large part of the market was bitten off by applications for social networks, and even new social networks.

To this we can add the rapid development of Cloud Computing, which required more resources that were previously available on the market.

So what do we have after all this? So to speak, to lead from the fields.

Our company is going to rewrite the product from scratch. Migration from .NET to Java/PHP/MySQL. Do not ask me why, in a nutshell – a whim of top managers. To do this, it is planned to hire twenty developers. After three months of searching, hired their own recruiter and promised referral bonuses, two developers were hired. Two people in three months of active searches – think about these numbers. Moreover, the vacancies of managers were filled in a matter of days.

Just talked to one of the programmers about this. He knows about 10 suitable candidates, but three of them flew off to roam all sorts of kilimanjars / Antarctica, five answered that they were not interested in programming HR / Payroll in FIG, and two were just very expensive, very expensive. And as far as I know, they hire for a salary > $120K per year.

These are the thoughts that are confirmed by conversations with people from other companies, in particular Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia.

The situation for employers is very sad. At the same time, it is exacerbated by public pressure on the government to return the work back to America.

For programmers, the opposite is true – everything looks rosy.

UPD: I asked the recruiter – the company does not yet make h2B visas and transfers.
UPD2: The poll reflected the Pareto law nicely!

Aerospace job creation roadmap: how to become an aerospace programmer

Working in the aerospace industry is the dream of many engineers. The aerospace industry is an exciting and innovative field that is making important strides in the design and manufacture of the machines of the future. The area extends not only to space and rockets. As a programmer in the aerospace industry, you have the opportunity to work on complex problems that are important to national defense, society, the economy, and more.

Today we will introduce you to the role of aerospace programming and discuss how to get started in this industry.

Contents

1. What is an aerospace programmer?
2. Why use Python in the aerospace industry?
3. What types of roles are available?
4. Why work in the aerospace industry?
5. Aerospace programmer salary
6. How to become an aerospace programmer
7. Get to know Python
8. Strengthen your interpersonal skills
9. Working on current projects
10. 3 aerospace practice interview questions

What is an aerospace programmer?

The aerospace industry is an interdisciplinary field. Specialists in this field focus on areas such as:

• Aerodynamics
• Automation
• Motion
• Structures
• Dynamics and Control
• Information technology
• Etc.

Job descriptions for an aerospace programmer may have different responsibilities. There are many different types of projects to work on, for example:

• Scripting to create automation tasks or documentation
• Performing data analysis with software
• Developing software simulations
• Working on algorithm design
• Automated testing for validation
• Writing embedded flight software
• Developing new features for aerospace electronics
• And more

The aerospace industry is constantly evolving and innovating, so working in this area is very interesting and rewarding. Now more than ever, aerospace programmers are spending time in the office working on software design, simulation, simulation, training, and testing. To do these things effectively and efficiently, it is important to be proficient in a programming language. While MATLAB is the standard in the aerospace industry, Python is the go-to option.

Why use Python in the aerospace industry?

Python is a general purpose programming language used for small and large projects. It’s free, open source, and has out-of-the-box functionality. Python can be used for many operations on your data, such as writing, collecting, processing, displaying, saving, and publishing. Python may not be the standard language in the aerospace industry, but it is widely used.

What types of roles are available?

In the aerospace industry, you can perform many different Python tasks. Job postings and job titles may vary, but here are a few examples:

• Data Science/Data Engineering: The focus on data collection is becoming increasingly important in the aerospace industry. The next generation of space travel will require data scientists and data engineers experienced in big data analysis to work on a development team with a focus on cutting-edge technology and science.
• Backend : Internal developer helps develop scalable, data-intensive software architectures and troubleshoots software and performance issues.
• Machine learning: If you work with machine learning in the aerospace industry, expect to focus on optimizing classification and detection algorithms.

Why work in the aerospace industry?

Let’s look at some of the benefits of working in the aerospace industry:

• Help Achieve Ambitious Goals: Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and NASA need talented people like you to help them achieve their goals of commercial space travel and missions to Mars.
• Get paid well: Aerospace programmers are well compensated.
• Be In Demand: Aerospace is a growing industry, projected to grow by 3% over the next decade.
• Be innovative: You have the ability to create and work with new space technologies. Many companies are working on virtual reality, sustainability and artificial intelligence.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many companies moved to work from home, allowing employees to do remote Python programming for their companies. This shift can provide more flexibility in your location. California, Washington, Texas, Massachusetts and Alabama are some of the most popular US states to work in. Canada also has a large market for the aerospace industry.

Aerospace programmer salaries

We will look at entry-level full-time software engineers salaries at leading aerospace companies, as well as senior software engineers salaries.

Boeing

Initial level: $ 87 304 $

Senior: 137 850 USA

Lockheed Martin

7 dollars

NASA

Initial level: 87 953 USA

Senior: 120 887 USA

Northrop Grumman

Initial level: 88 268 dollars

Senior: 138 09

United Technologies

Entry: $79,633

Senior: $121,872

These amounts will vary depending on years of experience, location, etc. Go beyond the leading aerospace companies. There are many interesting aerospace startups looking for software developers.

The usual path for an aerospace programmer is to get an education in computer science or computer engineering and then apply for a job in the aerospace industry. Here are some general considerations if you want to program in the aerospace industry.

Here are some common skills you’ll see in job postings/job descriptions:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer engineering or computer science
• Security clearance depending on job
• Experience with version control software such as Git
• Development experience with Python, JavaScript, C++ and/or other programming languages ​​
• Strong writing and presentation skills
• Experience in software development life cycles, configuration management, as well as agile and scrum.
• Windows or Linux experience
• Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Etc.

A more senior Python developer/software developer in the aerospace industry will have different requirements.

Meet Python

Python is one of the best programming languages ​​used in aerospace engineering. MATLAB is the standard, but Python is more versatile and useful for any task that doesn’t require Simulink. If you are in the aerospace industry and have a background in computer science or computer engineering, you will have a lot of experience with Python.

Strengthen your interpersonal skills

Obviously technical knowledge is important, but make sure you practice working on your soft skills. Now more than ever, companies are looking for engineers with interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate should have the following skills:

• Communication
• Leadership
• Ability to collaborate with team members
• Empathy
• Willingness to learn
• Critical thinking and complex problem solving
• Etc.

Working on current projects

When applying for jobs in the aerospace industry, it is helpful to demonstrate relevant work and skills. It’s a good idea to work on projects that apply to this area. Here are some ideas for aerospace projects:

• Web scraping: Demonstrate your ability to navigate to a website, get information from it, and put it into an Excel spreadsheet. Doing this in Python is great for readability.
• Plot Required Thrust and Available Thrust at Sea Level: Demonstrate your ability to graphically show how available thrust decreases with altitude and how the shape of the thrust curve changes with resistance at altitude.
• Open source projects: Contribute to and participate in open source development. You can check out the available projects on GitHub.

Note: There is a growing interest in hiring engineers familiar with DevOps.

3 aerospace interview questions for practice

If you are planning to interview for an aerospace company, it is important to learn the basics of aerospace engineering and flight mechanics.