Software Engineering Manager - Electronic Warfare

CACI International•Rochester, NY

5d•$114,600 - $252,100•Onsite

About The Position

CACI's Mastodon Design provides cutting-edge Electronic Warfare (EW) and SIGINT solutions, designing and building hardware and software to meet our customers' next requirement. We focus on offering devices that can be fielded immediately to meet mission needs that lie directly ahead. Size, weight, power, and packaging are of paramount importance in everything we design and build. Our expertise spans specialized electronic and mechanical design, embedded and application-level software, reverse engineering and protocol analysis, and RF signals exploitation and communications systems. That system offering extends beyond the core hardware itself — peripherals and accessories are an integral part of how our solutions get fielded, and our engineering team plays a direct role in shaping, evaluating, and validating that accessory ecosystem alongside our core EW/SIGINT products. The Opportunity CACI's Mastodon Design is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to oversee all aspects of software development for our products in Rochester, NY. This group spans everything from UI to Firmware, including engineering focus areas of of FPGA, DSP, AI/ML, and Test Engineering. You'll own the people side of the group — hiring, mentoring, and developing a multidisciplinary team — while partnering closely with engineering and business stakeholders to keep software development and test moving across our product lines.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Minimum 10 years of software/firmware engineering experience, including experience leading or managing a team
Minimum of 3 years of management experience with direct reports
Experience across one or more of: embedded/application software, firmware, FPGA/digital logic design, or test automation
Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers
Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize a team's work across multiple concurrent programs
Comfortable partnering with program management, systems engineering, and hardware engineering to keep software efforts on track
Willingness to obtain a Secret clearance as a condition of continued employment

Nice To Haves

Experience with EW/SIGINT software, or ruggedized and embedded systems
Familiarity with FPGA toolchains and hardware/software co-design
Experience with automated test frameworks and continuous integration for embedded systems

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a multidisciplinary software engineering group spanning from UI to Firmware, including FPGA, DSP, AI/ML, and Test Engineering.
Work with SW Discipline leads to hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent across the team
Set technical priorities and direction for software activities, including actively partnering with key stakeholders in Mechanical, Hardware, Systems Engineering, and Product Management.
Oversee software sustainment — bug fixes, security patching, and long-term support for fielded products
Manage staffing and resource allocation across concurrent programs and product lines
Partner with Project and Program Management to align software schedules, budgets, and deliverables with program needs
Drive software design standards, code review processes, test coverage, and continuous improvement across the group
Support proposal efforts with software-focused technical write-ups, staffing plans, and basis of estimates (BoEs)
Serve as an escalation point for complex technical software issues
Champion strong software quality, security, and test practices across the team