Software Engineer I/II - Radar Software

Leonardo DRS, Inc.•Germantown, MD

3d•$75,956 - $119,480•Onsite

About The Position

DRS RADA Technologies is seeking a full-time, on-site Software Engineer I/II to help design, build, test, and sustain mission-critical software that operates and supports advanced radar systems. This hands-on role is ideal for an early-career software engineer with C or C++ experience who is interested in system-level software, timing-sensitive behavior, and complex defense applications. Prior radar or defense experience is helpful but not required; we value strong software fundamentals, curiosity, and the ability to learn complex technical domains.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
For Software Engineer I: entry-level candidates are welcome, including those with internship, academic project, or other relevant software development experience.
For Software Engineer II: at least two years of relevant software engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
Experience developing software in C or C++, including academic, internship, project, or professional experience.
Familiarity with core software concepts such as data structures, debugging, memory management, concurrency, operating systems, or performance tradeoffs.
Ability to build, test, debug, and maintain software as part of a collaborative engineering team.
Interest in system-level, embedded, real-time, or mission-critical software applications.
Experience using version control and software development tools.
Ability and interest to learn complex technical domains, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively with software, systems, hardware, integration, and test engineers.
U.S. citizenship is required.
A current security clearance is not required, but the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance may be needed for future program work.

Nice To Haves

Prior radar or defense experience is helpful but not required
Experience with RTOS-based or Linux-based software development, especially in hardware-integrated environments.

Responsibilities

Help design, develop, test, debug, and maintain software applications and system components that operate and support advanced radar systems.
Implement C/C++ software features from defined requirements, design guidance, and existing system architecture.
Contribute to radar-system application software involving multithreaded behavior, timing-sensitive operation, shared resources, and system-level interfaces.
Troubleshoot and resolve software issues found during development, integration, lab testing, system testing, and field support, with support from senior engineers as needed.
Work with software, systems, hardware, integration, and test engineers to understand system behavior, support integration activities, and resolve issues.
Participate in code reviews, configuration management, documentation, estimation, and engineering process improvements.
Learn relevant domain concepts such as radar-system operation, real-time software behavior, hardware/software integration, and mission-critical software development.
Grow technical ownership over time by contributing to increasingly complex software tasks, debugging efforts, and integration activities.