Principal Software Developer / Engineer - Leidos

Description

Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Software Developer / Engineer to join a talented team within the RF Systems Portfolio. Candidates in this role will be a part of a diverse team of scientists, engineers, and analysts supporting advanced radar systems research and development in a high-fidelity modeling and simulation environment. Candidates will be expected to design, develop, optimize, test, deploy, and maintain software as a part of small teams leveraging Agile methods in a DevOps environment. Areas of support will include radar back-end software development, digital signal processing, distributed micro-service / open architecture development, high-fidelity modeling and simulation, and algorithm prototyping.

Primary Responsibilities

Include contributing to and mentoring software development teams during the software development process to support a variety of customers. The candidate will support software design, integration, testing, and analysis activities. Candidates must demonstrate a proven track record working within teams and collaborating across organizations

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university.

• 12 plus years of professional software development experience or 10 plus years with a Master’s degree.

• Experience in analyzing and developing requirements, designing and maintaining software products, and implementing software designs.

• Experience in software development, data structures, object-oriented design, and effective unit test. Candidate must have experience with multiple languages that include C or C++, C# or Java, and Python or other similar scripting language.

• Experience mentoring teammates and providing guidance to accomplish tasks and projects.

• Experience with software best practices such as peer reviews, automated testing, and document generation.

Must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

Must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.

• Prior experience with End-to-End Defense Systems

• Prior experience with large scale simulations, high performance computing, and flight test analysis

• Prior experience with Radar Systems

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.