Radar & EW Software Engineering Section Lead

Leidos; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Defense in Huntsville, AL seeks a Radar / Electronic Warfare Software Engineering Section Manager to lead the software and hardware integration for a major DoD EW program. You will direct a 6-8 person technical team across software lifecycle, system testing, and deployment, collaborating with program leadership and customers.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, real-time architectures, signal processing, mentorship, and adherence to DevSecOps and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited institution; 8–12 years of relevant experience, or Master's with 6–10 years, or PhD with 2–6 years.
• Experience testing or integrating systems across multiple technical domains.
• Experience with operating containerized Linux software and deploying to air-gapped systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the full software lifecycle, ensuring alignment with mission requirements and system integration needs.
• Technical direction for maintaining and expanding software/firmware codebases for radar/electronic warfare sensor systems.
• Leadership for growing a team and mentoring junior engineers.
• Ensure adherence to software engineering best practices including DevSecOps and configuration management.

Skills

C++

Object-oriented design

CUDA GPU

Linux

System testing

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Linux containerization

CI/CD tools

MATLAB

Job description

Leidos Defense in Huntsville, AL seeks a Radar / Electronic Warfare Software Engineering Section Manager to lead the software and hardware integration for a major DoD EW program. You will direct a 6-8 person technical team across software lifecycle, system testing, and deployment, collaborating with program leadership and customers.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, real-time architectures, signal processing, mentorship, and adherence to DevSecOps and CI/CD practices.