Lead, Software Engineering

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Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:
Lead, Software Engineering

Job Code: 46302

Job Location:
Fort Wayne, IN

Job Schedule: 9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

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Harris is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our Space Systems team. In this role, you will contribute to the development and enhancement of software solutions that support the strategic objectives of the organization. This is a hands-on, on-site position that involves close collaboration with a dynamic, multidisciplinary engineering team to design, develop, and maintain software used for the integration, test, verification, and operational readiness of deliverable products.

The ideal candidate will bring strong software engineering skills along with experience in space, defense, or other complex, mission-critical environments.

Essential Functions:

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle to create software solutions used to integrate and test complex customer-deliverable hardware.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to understand mission needs and define, document, and refine software requirements and designs.
• Design, implement, review, integrate, and test software using a variety of programming languages, including C++, C, XML, and Python, across Windows and Linux platforms.
• Support hardware integration and test activities, including software troubleshooting, defect resolution, performance improvement, and technical problem-solving.
• Apply software engineering best practices and established Dev Ops processes to deliver efficient, reliable, and maintainable solutions.
• Leverage automation, reuse, and emerging AI-enabled development tools to improve productivity, quality, and long-term software reliability.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance is required for this position.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• 1+ year of experience in one or more programming languages such as C++, Python, or similar.

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket) or similar configuration management and defect-tracking tools.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum practices, team facilitation, and backlog management.
• Experience with Dev Ops tools and technologies for virtualization and automation (e.g. Docker, Jenkins, CMake, git/Bitbucket, Artifactory).
• Experience with object-oriented software architecture and design.
• Experience using AI-assisted and agentic software development tools (e.g. Git Hub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or similar) to improve software design, implementation debugging, testing, code review, and engineering productivity.
• Experience with SQL, No
  
  SQL, POSTGRES, Elasticsearch or equivalent database infrastructures.
• Experience with drivers/hardware…