Lead, Software Engineering

L3Harris•Palm Bay, FL

About The Position

L3Harris is seeking a well-rounded software engineer to design, build, integrate, test, and sustain mission-critical ground software using modern AI-assisted engineering workflows. The role supports satellite ground capabilities such as command and control, telemetry processing, mission planning, data distribution, automation, and operator-facing tools. The position is located in Palm Bay, Florida, or Rochester, New York, and follows a 9/80 schedule. Travel up to 10% is required. The engineer will develop secure, reliable, and maintainable software using modern engineering and DevSecOps practices. They will integrate software with simulators, hardware interfaces, external services, databases, and mission support systems, and validate AI-generated output for correctness, security, maintainability, and mission suitability before integration. The role also involves supporting system architecture, interface definition, troubleshooting, integration issue resolution, and performance tuning. The engineer will collaborate with mission operations, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and test teams to deliver operationally ready capabilities. They will contribute to requirements traceability, interface control documentation, design artifacts, and user and developer guides, and participate in agile ceremonies, peer reviews, and continuous improvement of AI-assisted software delivery practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Top Secret security clearance.
Experience with software engineering fundamentals, including debugging, troubleshooting, and designing maintainable systems.
Experience building or sustaining software in Linux and containerized development environments.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools.
Experience with APIs, distributed systems, messaging or data flows, simulator or hardware integration, and automated testing.

Nice To Haves

Experience building software in Linux-based environments.
Experience with modern web applications and operator-facing tools.
Experience with messaging systems, databases, authentication and authorization, and CI/CD workflows.
Experience with performance analysis, interface troubleshooting, and collaborative code review.
Experience with secure coding, input validation, access control, logging, error handling, and operationally sensitive software environments.

Responsibilities

Design and implement software for satellite ground systems, including command and control, telemetry and data processing, mission planning, automation, simulation, and operator-facing tools.
Use AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity in coding, integration, test generation, debugging, documentation, and code review.
Validate AI-generated output for correctness, security, maintainability, and mission suitability before integration.
Develop secure, reliable, and maintainable software using modern engineering and DevSecOps practices.
Integrate software with simulators, hardware interfaces, external services, databases, and mission support systems.
Write automated unit, integration, and system tests, including negative and failure-mode scenarios.
Support system architecture, interface definition, troubleshooting, integration issue resolution, and performance tuning.
Collaborate with mission operations, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and test teams to deliver operationally ready capabilities.
Contribute to requirements traceability, interface control documentation, design artifacts, and user and developer guides.
Participate in agile ceremonies, peer reviews, and continuous improvement of AI-assisted software delivery practices.
Travel up to 10%.