Software Engineer

Leidos • Arlington, VA • 1d ago

Description

Today, Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise - protecting the warfighter and our national security against ever-adapting threats . Our division currently has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer to perform design, development, and hardware/software integration in Arlington, VA for the Advanced Warfare Technology Division.

Our division primarily focuses on research & development and advanced prototyping, transforming state of the art signal processing algorithms into real-time software systems .

Projects involve small multi-disciplinary teams of engineers working together in spiral or agile development environments to meet aggressive customer schedules aimed at near-term field demonstrations. Join a team of experts in implementing high-performance signal processing on general purpose processors, such as ARM .

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Contributing to design and development of advanced systems as a part of multi-disciplinary teams. These teams are made up of other software team members and subject matter experts from the areas of systems engineering, hardware, firmware, machine learning, RF front end design, and signal processing.

Designing, implementing, and testing real-time C/C++ software for multi-core systems running Linux or a real-time operating systems, such as VxWorks

Build software products that utilize third party mathematics and communication libraries

Interface communication standards / protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, and DDS

Read and understand signal processing algorithms written in MATLAB

Work with Linux operating system as well as experience with real-time operating systems

Designing, implementing, and testing software to configure and control RF hardware devices

Integrating software into third-party software frameworks and architectures, such as Redhawk

Documenting the developed systems

Support system field testing and collection events, usually about a week in duration once or twice a year

At Leidos , we offer competitive benefits http://www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits, including 4 or more weeks Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in Advanced Warfare Technology!

The successful candidate will have the following education/experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science

4+ years of software development experience, including strong experience in C/C++ software development

Experience using version control (Subversion, GIT, etc.) and continuous integration software tools (Jenkins)

Must have active Secret level security clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI.

Bonus education/experience:

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

Existing security clearance higher than the Secret level

Experience with Machine Learning and/or Artificial Intelligence algorithms and libraries, such as TensorFlow

Experience with MATLAB GPU computing

Experience with High Performance Computing including parallel and distributed computation

Experience with Model-Based Design code generation practices

Experience with cloud-based computing platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Experience with other programming languages such as Python and/or Java

AWTLINC

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Original Posting:

October 20, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

REQNUMBER: R-00169003

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

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