Aviation Embedded Software Engineer — Flight Systems

Society of Defense Financial Management; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Aviation Embedded Software Engineer for the Huntsville, AL office to design and develop embedded and full‑stack software for airborne systems. The role emphasizes ownership from concept to deployment, collaboration with customers, and leading technical decisions in a DevOps‑enabled environment.

The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 4–8 years of experience, including strong communication skills and mentoring abilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, CS, CE, EE, or related field with GPA 3.0+.
• 4–8 years of relevant technical experience in aerospace or embedded software.
• Design and architect full‑stack airborne software including embedded components.
• Lead technical design decisions within DevOps/CI‑CD pipelines.
• Develop software tools, test harnesses, and infrastructure for integrated solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and liaise with customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect full‑stack software solutions for airborne systems.
• Lead technical design decisions and influence approaches using DevOps/CI‑CD.
• Develop tools, test harnesses, and infrastructure for integrated solutions.
• Mentor and review junior engineers on design patterns and standards.
• Communicate with customers, end users, and cross‑functional teams to define requirements.
• Own entire software components from concept through deployment.

Skills

Embedded software

Full-stack software

DevOps CI/CD

Team mentoring

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in software/engineering

Tools

RTOS

HDL

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Aviation Embedded Software Engineer for the Huntsville, AL office to design and develop embedded and full‑stack software for airborne systems. The role emphasizes ownership from concept to deployment, collaboration with customers, and leading technical decisions in a DevOps‑enabled environment.

The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 4–8 years of experience, including strong communication skills and mentoring abilities.