The position of F-35 Software Director, will be reporting to F-35 Integrated Engineering Vice President. This position is located in Fort Worth, Texas.
In this role the director is responsible for:
-Lead the F-35 Software organization (~800+ engineers) through the full lifecycle which includes requirements decomposition, architecture, development, verification, deployment, and sustainment, of all airborne and ground-based software products.
-Responsible for ensuring the software product area is aligned with processes for safety critical (SEAL Plan Compliant), cyber, and non-safety critical requirements
-Own the software workforce strategy by defining 3-year hiring/upskilling/succession plans and developing the next generation of engineers in modern development practice.
-Defines and govern “standard work” to ensure compliance with technical, safety and flight clearance requirements in delivery of products to program and government customers.
-Responsible for overseeing the execution of the Software Products and development cycle in support of the EPM IPT demands.
-Champion engineering discipline and process excellence through mentors, coaches and enhancing program execution by incorporating proven corporate practices while aggressively migrating the team and associated suppliers to modern industry standards.
-Champion the transition to container‑based deployments, micro‑service architectures, and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) while maintaining aerospace safety‑critical certification compliance.
-Drive adoption of cloud‑native design patterns, service‑mesh technologies, and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.
-Migrate internal and supplier teams to industry‑standard DevSecOps practices, automated quality gates, and modern toolchains (infrastructure‑as‑code, automated testing, secure build pipelines).
-Define technology road‑maps that include AI/ML integration, legacy code refactoring, and re‑architecting monolithic applications into micro‑service ecosystems to shorten development cycles.
-Acts as a Change Agent and Change leader for Software modernization by defining new technology, AI Adoption, improved processes, technique to continue to improve/refactor software products, Re-architecture opportunities, and improve cycles within the development lifecycle to support future demands on the program.
-Responsible to collaborate with ETech for ensuring consistent tools and metrics across the software teams.
Manages software development activities. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions. Oversees the design, development, documentation, and testing of software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems or questions in computer language for solutions by means of data processing equipment. Applies the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle. Applies knowledge of computer hardware and software, subject matter to be programmed in business/mission applications, information processing techniques used, and information gathered from system users to develop software. Ensures software standards are met.
