2 months ago
San Diego, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$87k - $157k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop advanced embedded systems within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Develop software for DSP, ARM, and RISC-V microarchitectures and multi-core systems spanning bare metal, real-time operating systems, and Linux.
- Read hardware datasheets and write low-level C/C++ code interfacing with control/status registers and hardware components.
- Create test plans, test procedures, software requirements specifications, and technical documentation.
- Develop software to validate hardware performance under nominal and stress conditions.
- Document data-plane and control-plane software performance against key requirements.
- Communicate software APIs, technical details, and test results to internal and external engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- At least four years of software development experience, including strong C/C++ development for embedded systems.
- Experience with integrated development environments, build tools, version control systems, continuous integration tools, software testing, and unit-test frameworks.
- Strong understanding of hardware/software interaction, basic computer architecture, Linux development environments, and test-driven development practices.
- Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation for software.
- Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, higher-level security clearance, experience with Python or MATLAB, hardware debugging, hardware-interface drivers, multiple embedded instruction set architectures, and tools such as OpenOCD, J-Link, or SEGGER.
Benefits
- The position is located in San Diego, California.
- The role supports electronic warfare, advanced prototyping, and near-term defense field demonstrations.
- Leidos emphasizes opportunities to learn new technical skills and work with multidisciplinary engineering experts.
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.