Software Engineering Manager - Electronic Warfare

About the role

CACI's Mastodon Design provides cutting‑edge Electronic Warfare (EW) and SIGINT solutions, designing and building hardware and software to meet customers' next requirements. The team focuses on size, weight, power, and packaging, delivering devices that can be fielded immediately. Expertise spans specialized electronic and mechanical design, embedded and application‑level software, reverse engineering, protocol analysis, RF signals exploitation, and communications systems. The role is based in Rochester, NY and oversees all aspects of software development for these products, ranging from UI to firmware, including FPGA, DSP, AI/ML, and test engineering.

Travel: Up to 10% local travel. Minimum clearance required to start: None. Employment type: Full‑time, regular.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary software engineering group spanning UI, firmware, FPGA, DSP, AI/ML, and test engineering.
• Work with software discipline leads to hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent.
• Set technical priorities and direction for software activities, partnering with mechanical, hardware, systems engineering, and product management stakeholders.
• Oversee software sustainment, including 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.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship.
• 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 leadership or management of a team.
• At least 3 years of management experience with direct reports.
• Experience in one or more of: embedded/application software, firmware, FPGA/digital logic design, or test automation.
• Proven ability to hire, mentor, and develop engineers.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• Wellness programs.
• Financial and retirement benefits.
• Family support resources.
• Continuing education and learning opportunities.
• Flexible time‑off benefit.

Pay

Proposed salary range: $114,600 – $252,100, dependent on factors such as geographic location, contract labor categories, prior experience, skills, education, and certifications.