1 day ago
Base Salary
$131k - $237k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and direction for software development teams of 5–15 engineers.
- Define full-stack software architecture and design patterns for missile system applications covering guidance, navigation, control, telemetry, and mission planning.
- Lead technical, design, and code reviews and ensure software quality, compliance, modularity, reusability, portability, and maintainability.
- Make technical decisions regarding tools, frameworks, and development approaches.
- Serve as the primary technical interface with government customers and program management.
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level software engineers.
- Champion open systems architectures and Modular Open Systems Approach adoption with standardized interfaces.
- Support flight-test operations and post-test analysis.
- Ensure adherence to military and aviation standards for safety, cybersecurity, and RMF.
- Develop, integrate, test, troubleshoot, field, support, and maintain software products for embedded and embedded-adjacent systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mathematics, or an equivalent technical degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
- At least 12 years of relevant technical experience, or 10 years with a related master’s degree.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.
- Relevant experience developing, integrating, testing, or troubleshooting embedded software or applications interfacing with embedded systems.
- Residence in or willingness to relocate to the Huntsville-North Alabama area.
- Experience leading software development teams on multidisciplinary projects.
- Expert-level C/C++ experience.
- Experience with Python or Java.
- Familiarity with real-time embedded systems and RTOS environments such as VxWorks or FreeRTOS.
- Experience with software configuration management, software quality engineering, and established software standards and practices.
- Preferred experience with open systems architectures, MOSA, FACE, OMS, SOSA, embedded missile or aerospace systems, weapons development, containerization, microservices, guidance and control, navigation, mission planning, sensors, MBSE, SysML, DO-178C, MIL-STD-882e, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, MATLAB, and Simulink.
- Preferred formal software leadership experience involving direct reports, staffing, or performance management, along with strong communication, problem-solving, architecture, and systems-thinking skills.
Benefits
- The position is based in the Leidos Huntsville, Alabama office and requires residence in or relocation to the Huntsville-North Alabama area.
- The posting lists a base pay range of $131,300.00–$237,350.00 per year.
About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.