Aviation Software Engineer

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

4d•$107,900 - $195,050•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a talented Flight and Mission Software Development Lead to work onsite in their Huntsville, AL office. This role involves leading a software team through Agile development practices while actively contributing to the codebase. The position will produce solutions for advanced defense technologies such as manned aircraft software, tactical strike systems, sensors, computer vision, uncrewed air systems (UAS), counter UAS, mission planning, command/control/communications (C3), platform autonomy, network collaborative autonomy, aerial refueling, and flight management systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree.
8+ years of relevant technical experience with demonstrated hands-on software development.
3+ years of relevant experience leading teams, managing resources for software development, and serving in Scrum Master or similar Agile facilitation roles.
Strong hands-on development experience in C, C++, Rust, C#, or Java.
Articulate strong competency in active development in at least one of the required programming languages, object-oriented design principles, and troubleshooting.
Ability to contribute production-quality code regularly.
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and team leadership skills.
Proven ability to coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines including hardware, test, systems, and management.
Ability to work independently, collaborate closely with team members, discern efficient roles and tasks for team members, think critically, act confidently and judiciously, exercise impeccable judgment, consistently make rational decisions, and impart a productive sense of urgency.
Experience working on one or more final products that went beyond prototypes, demonstrations, test beds, or internal/lab use only, and were released and fielded.
Proficient with efficient use of peer reviews and evaluations of software development plans, specifications, requirements management, architectures, designs, source code, unit tests, verification plans and procedures.
Fundamental and working knowledge of software configuration management, code repositories and build system components, such as DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, CMake, GitLab, Docker, and virtualization tools (e.g., VMWare, QEMU, VirtualBox, Hyper-V).
Fundamental and working knowledge of general-purpose operating systems (Linux, UNIX, and/or Windows) and practical knowledge of their respective development tools/IDEs, scripts, debuggers, and administrative features.
Understanding the software development life cycle, its phases, life cycle models, metrics or performance indicators, and techniques for rapid development while ensuring high-quality solutions and on-time results.
Basic understanding of software engineering process and the appropriateness of its use, application, and proper methods of tailoring.
Basic understanding of systems engineering principles and practices relevant to software, and ability to interface effectively with systems engineers and other technical disciplines.
Strong analytical and process improvement skills along with a personal drive for details and quality workmanship.
Aptitude for the technical skills required for software test and software quality engineering concepts.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Good communication skills.
Must be a resident of North Alabama or willing to relocate to the Huntsville-North Alabama area.
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Formal training or certification as a Scrum Master (CSM, PSM) or SAFe Product Owner.
Demonstrated experience facilitating retrospectives, sprint reviews, backlog grooming, and driving continuous process improvement.
Experience with Agile tools such as Atlassian Jira, or similar platforms.
Proven track record coordinating software development with hardware engineering teams, test organizations, systems engineering, program management, and leadership stakeholders on integrated defense systems.
Experience with planning, specification, design, development, integration, installation/deployment, and maintenance of software for airborne systems, mission planning systems, missile/weapon platforms, uncrewed or autonomous systems, and/or ground control/support systems.
Basic knowledge in one or more programming languages used in applications and front-end software, such as Python, .NET/C#, Java, C++, Qt, and XML.
Ability to comprehend changes, characterize impact and assess risk to plans or existing solutions, estimate their level of effort and resources, describe (written and verbal) courses of action (COA) or decision analysis, and facilitate team consensus across multiple engineering disciplines.
Work responsibly, reliably and independently in a fast-paced, open, collaborative cross-functional environment without direct oversight.
Experience bridging communication gaps between software, hardware, test, and management teams.
Elicit, accept, and provide constructive informal feedback amongst other team members to uphold technical excellence and quality workmanship.

Responsibilities

Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives as Scrum Master.
Manage backlog grooming sessions, ensure adherence to Agile principles, remove impediments, and foster continuous improvement.
Lead a Software Integrated Product Team (IPT) with authority to make high-level technical and programmatic decisions.
Guide development strategies, establish architectural directions, resolve technical conflicts, and ensure cohesive integrated solutions.
Contribute to the codebase, conduct design reviews, write production code, perform code reviews, and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
Set the standard for code quality and engineering excellence.
Serve as the primary liaison coordinating between hardware engineers, test engineers, systems engineers, program management, and other engineering disciplines.
Facilitate integration activities, resolve interface issues, align schedules across teams, and ensure seamless communication.
Directly communicate with customers, end users, internal stakeholders, hardware teams, test organizations, management, and team members.