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Specialist, Software Engineering

L3Harris


Job Location:

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 97000 - 180000
Posted: 3 October 2026 (9 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 31 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Specialist Software Engineering

Job Code: 45377

Job Location: Los Angeles CA or Melbourne FL

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked (Every Other Friday Off)

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Software Engineer to support a Research and Development Contract (RDC) who will be responsible for designing developing and maintaining large-scale image processing software. The Software Engineer will work with cross-functional engineering teams to develop software interfaces in accordance with operational performance requirements and overall system design. The ideal candidate will have experience with scalable data infrastructure image processing and geospatial applications.

Essential Functions:

  • Design develop test integrate and sustain software components using C and/or Python
  • Support the full software development lifecycle including requirements analysis design implementation code review integration test deployment and sustainment
  • Develop and maintain software interfaces services and data-processing capabilities supporting mission applications
  • Troubleshoot software defects and support integration test and deployment activities
  • Apply secure software-development practices and comply with program security requirements

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
  • Eligible to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Thorough understanding of software engineering principles and industry best practices including Agile development
  • Experience with object-oriented design debugging and software integration
  • Proficiency developing and maintaining software applications using C and/or Python
  • Strong written and verbal skills
  • Experience with source control (Git) Agile development tools (Jira Confluence) automated testing and continuous software-delivery practices
  • Experience developing deploying or sustaining applications in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments
  • Experience building or supporting cloud-native applications using containers Kubernetes or related orchestration platforms
  • Familiarity with image-processing concepts algorithms and analysis techniques
  • Familiarity with remote-sensing systems including sensor modalities data collection and geospatial applications
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in the state of California is $97000 - $180000. The salary range for this role in the state of Florida is $84500 - $157500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits including health and disability insurance 401(k) match flexible spending accounts EAP education assistance parental leave paid time off and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire schedule type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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At L3Harris, we anticipate and mitigate risk with agile end-to-end solutions that meet our customers' mission-critical needs across all domains.

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