Software Engineer Lead

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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 world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t 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

• Bachelor’s 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 4–8 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 you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

May 5, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.