Software Engineer Lead

Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Software Engineer Lead to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar‑oriented problems.

Candidate will lead the design, development, and sustainment of health and status monitoring applications supporting 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an ABET‑accredited school 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 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, and Cloud‑architecture & networking.
• Candidate must be a U.S. 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.

• MATLAB
• Familiarity with Git Lab Pipeline development
• Experience with system health monitoring frameworks, telemetry pipelines, or observability platforms

$87,100.00 – $

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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