Senior Real-Time Software Engineer — Hybrid

Leidos; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer to join a team delivering real-time, high-availability systems for national airspace operations. The role supports UK NASR PDT and is based in Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor, NJ with a 50% hybrid schedule.

You’ll design, develop, test, and maintain software, lead development activities, and mentor junior engineers in an Agile environment, ensuring robust, scalable systems and effective cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 4–8 years of relevant experience.
• OR Master’s degree with 2–6 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Strong object-oriented programming experience, C and/or C++.
• Experience developing real-time, multi-threaded, high-availability systems.
• Experience with Linux environments (Red Hat), virtual machines, and hypervisors.
• Experience with low-level communications protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, SCTP).
• Experience with hardware or complex system integration.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software for real-time, high-availability systems
• Lead software development activities independently and as part of a collaborative engineering team
• Analyze complex system requirements and translate them into efficient, maintainable software designs
• Apply sound software engineering principles to ensure code is reliable, fault tolerant, reusable, and maintainable
• Lead and mentor junior developers, influencing technical direction and development processes
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, release planning, and sprint reviews
• Develop, tune, document, and deploy automation scripts across development, test, and production environments
• Promote code reuse, cross-program collaboration, and sustainable development practices
• Support system integration activities, including hardware and low-level communications interfaces

Skills

C/C++

Real-time systems

Multi-threaded development

Linux (Red Hat)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree with 2–6 years of relevant experience

Tools

Linux environments

Virtual machines

Hypervisors

TCP/IP, UDP, SCTP

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer to join a team delivering real-time, high-availability systems for national airspace operations. The role supports UK NASR PDT and is based in Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor, NJ with a 50% hybrid schedule.

You’ll design, develop, test, and maintain software, lead development activities, and mentor junior engineers in an Agile environment, ensuring robust, scalable systems and effective cross-team collaboration.