Senior Development Lead - Flight Software

About the role

The Kinetic Effects Business Area in the Leidos Defense Sector currently has a special job opening for a talented Flight and Mission Software Development Lead to work onsite in our Huntsville, AL office.

Responsibilities

• Leading a Software Integrated Product Team (IPT)
• Working across technical functions on cohesive integrated solutions on complex integrated systems
• Providing software program management
• Overseeing software systems engineers and lead software test engineers
• Serving as Agile Product Owner
• Product development spanning the technology stack from high-level user applications to mission software to low-level embedded solutions to the computing hardware
• Hardware may span front end tablets and laptops, rugged mission computers, high-performance servers, single-board computers (SBC), systems-on-chip (SoC), systems-on-module (SoM), custom printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA), and microcontrollers (MCU)
• Software capabilities span criticality levels and perform functions such as mission execution, power and thermal monitoring, sensors and instrumentation, telemetry, command and control, communications, networks, mission planning, and system infrastructures
• Regular and direct contributions to proposals including devising technical solutions, determining the approach to execution, schedule planning, software size and cost estimation, developing basis of estimates, team sizing, skills and staff planning, computer hardware and software requirements elicitation and analysis, and materiel planning
• Direct communication with customers, end users, internal stakeholders, and team members will be required on a frequent basis
• Enjoy significant influence on positive outcomes and a strong sense of purpose working directly on fieldable systems that are key to the nation’s defense

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree or higher degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field is required.
• Candidate should have 15+ years of relevant technical experience or 10+ years with PhD.
• Candidate should have 3+ years or relevant experience leading teams and managing resources for software development.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and team leadership skills.
• Candidate must demonstrate their ability to work independently, collaborate closely with team members, discern efficient roles and tasks for their team members, think critically, act confidently and judiciously, exercise impeccable judgement, consistently make rational decisions, and impart a productive sense of urgency to others.
• Experience in development of software products or simulations using C, C++, Rust, C#, or Java is required. Candidate must articulate strong competency in development in at least one of these programming languages, object-oriented design principles, and troubleshooting.
• Experience working on one or more final products that went beyond prototypes, demonstrations, test beds, or internal/lab use only. The candidate’s prior experience must exist on software products, integrated systems, or simulations that were released and fielded as either a product itself, used operationally on an integrated system, or released and used independently by individuals other than those who developed it.
• 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 of 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.
• Able to multi-task and willing to work with teammates to contribute directly to industry events, white papers and competitive proposals.
• 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.

Clearance Qualification

Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance (interim and final).

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.