Software Engineer Lead
Huntsville, AL - USA
Job Summary
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At Leidos we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers success. We empower our teams contribute to our communities and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers our people and our community. Our Mission Vision and Values guide the way we do business.
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Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Software Engineer Lead to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar orientated problems. We have offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and commercial fields we provide responsive cost-effective engineering scientific and IT solutions.
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Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT large-scale intelligence systems command and control geospatial and data analytics cybersecurity logistics training and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions. To explore and learn more click here!
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Primary Responsibilities
Candidate will lead the design development and sustainment of health and status monitoring applications support advanced technology radar programs including development of software for high-speed data acquisition distribution and real-time processing; integration of COTS and custom technologies into prototype sensor systems; field testing of RF sensors and systems; deployment of advanced sensor systems; and development of health and status monitoring user applications.
In this role you will provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers work closely with other skilled engineers as they deep-dive into existing software to find areas for improvement in both performance and processing latency. You will guide architectural decisions oversee implementation of scalable monitoring frameworks and investigate and develop framework modifications to improve performance reliability and observability across radar programs.
You will also serve as the primary technical authority for health and status monitoring capabilities ensuring alignment with system requirements operational needs and long-term maintainability.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree from an ABET-accredited school with a strong demonstration of the skills listed below plus 48 years of experience in software development including technical leadership experience.
Proven experience leading software engineering teams including tasking mentoring code reviews configuration management and driving technical execution.
Strong teamwork skills and demonstrated expertise in the following:
Modern C development
Real-time Linux and device driver development
ZeroMQ messaging and pub/sub frameworks
Higher-level user application development particularly health/status monitoring or visualization tools
Containerization
Cloud-architecture & networking
Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (as well as maintain) a Final 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
Candidate with additional skills in the following is preferred:
MATLAB
Familiarity with Gitlab Pipeline development
Experience with system health monitoring frameworks telemetry pipelines or observability platforms
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
May 5 2026For U.S. Positions: 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:
Pay Range $87100.00 - $157450.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.