Sensor Application Software Manager

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Leidos Defense Systems Sensor Innovation Portfolio is seeking a Sensor Application Software Manager to join our team in Huntsville; AL. Primary responsibility is team leadership serving as a software manager and software architect for the overall software and secondary responsibility is providing individual software development contributions. This role will require extensive and frequent external communication with the customer as well as internally with Senior Leadership.

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Primary Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance to internal software quality policy processes and procedures as well as support corporate audits
• Work closely with a team of sub-system software leads to coordinate software development and integration tasking priorities to ensure system success
• Lead the overall software development for multiple HIL (Hardware Integration Labs) and SILs (Software Integration Labs) that will be used internally and by the customer to develop and test software payloads before deploying the sensor system
• Provide weekly status updates to internal leadership and customer leadership
• Lead weekly software tag up discussions with the integrated software team
• Manage and oversee the development of system software documentation and overall software deployment strategy to dedicated hardware
• Participate and contribute to on-going software design discussions

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors in engineering preferably in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution with 12 years of experience in the defense/aerospace industry or 10 with MS degree
• 5 years experience managing technical programs that involve development and production in the defense industry or similar rigor
• Basic understanding of radar systems and/or integrated sensor systems
• Experience leading and conducting technical design reviews and presenting technical reports and materials to customer teams
• Strong knowledge of C and object-oriented design principles
• Strong software engineering background with experience in defining and enforcing engineering best practices including:
  • configuration management
  • coding standards
  • code reviews
  • testability
  • design for reusability
• Experience developing implementing and maintaining APIs and network ICDs for custom hardware electronics
• Demonstrated experience working with a team of talented technical employees to develop and integrate software solutions into dedicated computer hardware
• Experience supporting system integration and test activities to support verification of system level requirements
• Must be a US citizen possess and maintain an active secret clearance.
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville North Alabama AL area

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with HPC (High Performance Computing) hardware such as distributed computing CUDA enabled GPUS high-speed networks and high throughput I/O is beneficial

Were not looking for perfectly polished resumes or perfect fits. Were looking for people who break limits ask hard questions and dont wait to be told whats next. At Leidos were not following the roadmap were redrawing it.

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