Senior Software Engineer - Albuquerque, NM | leidos Job

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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 team’s 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s 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 Qualifications

• 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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