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Software Engineer

HII


Job Location:

Syracuse, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 123126 - 190000
Posted: 30 August 2026 (13 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Requisition Number:30032

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type:Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:$123126.00-$190000.00

Security Clearance:Ability to Obtain

Level of Experience:Senior

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS) a business group within HIIs Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.

HII works within our nations intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity network architecture reverse engineering software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

Leadership at HII Mission Technologies
HIIs Leadership Capability Framework defines the standard of excellence expected of all leaders across Mission Technologies. Leaders are accountable for modeling these capabilities and building them within their teams:

  • Know & Grow Your People Develop talent empower teams and build an inclusive environment.
  • Build Relationships Strengthen trust collaboration and cross-functional partnerships.
  • Take Ownership Drive accountability execution excellence and results.
  • Customer First Anticipate mission needs and deliver value to our partners.
  • Shape the Future Inspire innovation and align work with strategic priorities.
  • Act with Urgency Make informed decisions and move with purpose.


These capabilities define how leaders inspire teams deliver results and shape the future of Mission

Job Description

HII Mission Technologies is seeking self-motivated talented Software Engineers to design develop and test command control and communications software for leading edge ISR SDR and EW DoD products. This position will be located in Syracuse New York.

Candidates will be expected to integrate into our multi-disciplinary teams to provide best-in-class solutions and products to a diverse customer baseline with a demanding and intriguing technical problem space. From high-level self-hosted User Interface software and networking down to low-level Operating System or bare-metal software/drivers running on System-on-a-Chip CPUs/FPGAs/GPUs. HII offers an array of software development opportunities at all layers of the stack for rapid prototypes new product design and fielded hardware that protect and support the American warfighter and our nations interests.

Essential Job Responsibilities
  • Participate in all phases of software lifecycle from requirements definition through design development integration and test with minimal supervision.
  • Apply state-of-the-art programming techniques software design best practices and software technologies.
  • Analyze and modify software systems by reverse-engineering architecting coding installing testing debugging and documenting designs/APIs.
  • Stand up development environment and platform application environment from scratch.
  • Guide customers and systems engineers in formulating software requirements advise on alternative approaches and conduct feasibility studies as required.
  • Prepare and communicate daily status information in accordance with required software development lifecycles.
  • Independently derives requirements into actionable tasks.
  • Follow all company policies and guidelines including familiarity with company-wide software practices.
Minimum Qualifications
  • 9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
  • Proficient in various embedded programming languages (e.g. Embedded C/C C/C)
  • Proficient in common procedural/scripting languages and object definition files (Python Bash MATLAB JavaScript JSON XML)
  • Proficient in industry-standard software documentation methods such as user stories UML Agile and supporting tools such as Doxygen Bamboo JIRA
  • Experience with Linux kernel modules Linux source code and device trees
  • Experience building the Linux kernel from scratch (Yocto Buildroot)
  • Experience debugging kernel drivers
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a secret government security clearance.
Preferred Requirements
  • Currently hold a U.S. security clearance.
  • Experience in the DoD contractor space especially maritime.
  • Experience with Power BI
  • Experience with Linux kernel modules Linux source code and device trees
  • Experience building the Linux kernel from scratch (Yocto Buildroot)
  • Experience debugging kernel drivers
  • Experience with first stage and second stage bootloaders (Das U-Boot and custom microcode)
  • Experience with different Linux Kernel subsystems such as SPI I2C DMA and IIO.
  • Experience with LibIIO is a plus


The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the roles location expectations and responsibilities. When extending an offer HIIs Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include but are not limited to the roles function and a candidates education or training work experience and key skills.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin physical or mental disability age or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law.

Do You Need Assistance
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally you may also call 1- for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.


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