Senior Software Engineer

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Leidos Defense Sector Directed Energy Division in Albuquerque NM is seeking Senior Software Engineer to set the technical direction for software supporting a variety of electro-mechanical-optical experiments on an applied R&D contract. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team collaborating with Government researchers on hands-on experiments primarily in a laboratory. As a senior technical expert on the team you will own the software architecture for testbed control data acquisition and optical tracking systems that span software controls electro-optical hardware and networks and lead major development efforts from requirements through field test.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own the software architecture for testbeds test equipment and optical tracking systems and lead the design development integration and testing of C/C software in a Linux development environment.
• Work with Government researchers to define test objectives and translate them into software requirements architecture and development plans for electro-mechanical-optical experiments.
• Design and develop real-time and embedded software including single board computer (SBC) applications and hardware I/O interfaces to mechanical electro-optical and sensor equipment.
• Direct the development of data acquisition data reduction and analysis tools including operator interfaces and MATLAB/Simulink models where applicable.
• Establish the teams software test and validation strategy DevOps/SecDevOps pipelines and engineering practices and drive their continuous improvement.
• Plan and lead integration and field testing of testbeds and test equipment; resolve undefined complex problems that span hardware software controls and networks; and turn field test results into software enhancements.
• Serve as technical lead for large projects directing and reviewing the work of other engineers mentoring junior staff and ensuring quality maintainability and adherence to best practices.
• Communicate technical progress risks and solutions to Government customers and to external parties such as subcontractors and vendors and influence project and team leaders on solution design and approach.
• The ideal candidate works independently as well as with a team learns new skills quickly communicates clearly and is organized detail-oriented and self-motivated.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with 8 years of relevant experience or a Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with 6 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on software engineering and development experience.
• Professional experience writing C/C software in a Linux system development environment.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink.
• U.S. citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualification s

• Experience with controls engineering.
• Experience with software architecture software test and validation and DevOps/SecDevOps practices.
• Experience with embedded systems development real-time environment programming and single board computer (SBC) development.
• Experience with mechanical equipment hardware I/O testbed design data acquisition development and field testing.
• Experience with UI/UX development and network configuration and support.
• Knowledge of military radar tracking and target aimpoint correlation.
• A link (e.g. GitHub) to an example C program of your own design included with your application. Please share only personal or open-source work not proprietary export-controlled or classified code

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Original Posting:

October 2 2026

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 $107900.00 - $195050.00

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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC