Software Engineer I​/II - Radar Software

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Location:

Germantown, MD, US, 20876

Job : 115699

Location: Germantown, MD

Business Unit: DRS RADA Technologies

Schedule: 9/80

Shift: First

DRS RADA Technologies, a subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, is focused on proprietary radar solutions and legacy avionics systems supporting the defense industry globally. The company is a global pioneer of AESA tactical radars for active military protection, counter-drone applications, critical infrastructure protection, and border surveillance.

DRS RADA Technologies is seeking a full-time, on-site Software Engineer I/II to help design, build, test, and sustain mission-critical software that operates and supports advanced radar systems. This hands‑on role is ideal for an early‑career software engineer with C or C++ experience who is interested in system‑level software, timing‑sensitive behavior, and complex defense applications. Prior radar or defense experience is helpful but not required;

we value strong software fundamentals, curiosity, and the ability to learn complex technical domains.

• Help design, develop, test, debug, and maintain software applications and system components that operate and support advanced radar systems.
• Implement C/C++ software features from defined requirements, design guidance, and existing system architecture.
• Contribute to radar‑system application software involving multithreaded behavior, timing‑sensitive operation, shared resources, and system‑level interfaces.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software issues found during development, integration, lab testing, system testing, and field support, with support from senior engineers as needed.
• Work with software, systems, hardware, integration, and test engineers to understand system behavior, support integration activities, and resolve issues.
• Participate in code reviews, configuration management, documentation, estimation, and engineering process improvements.
• Learn relevant domain concepts such as radar‑system operation, real‑time software behavior, hardware/software integration, and mission‑critical software development.
• Grow technical ownership over time by contributing to increasingly complex software tasks, debugging efforts, and integration activities.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• For Software Engineer I: entry‑level candidates are welcome, including those with internship, academic project, or other relevant software development experience.
• For Software Engineer II: at least two years of relevant software engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing software in C or C++, including academic, internship, project, or professional experience.
• Familiarity with core software concepts such as data structures, debugging, memory management, concurrency, operating systems, or performance tradeoffs.
• Ability to build, test, debug, and maintain software as part of a collaborative engineering team.
• Interest in system‑level, embedded, real‑time, or mission‑critical software applications.
• Experience using version control and software development tools.
• Preferred but not required: experience with RTOS‑based or Linux‑based software development, especially in hardware‑integrated environments.
• Ability and interest to learn complex technical domains, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively with software, systems, hardware, integration, and test engineers.
• U.S. citizenship is required. A current security clearance is not required, but the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance may be needed for future program work.

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