# Embedded Flight Software Developer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $69,550.00 - $125,725.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Defence & Intelligence

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Embedded Flight Software Developer to join our Airborne Systems Business Area team in Huntsville, Alabama. As a key member of our team, you will have the opportunity to research, develop, and demonstrate software for tactical strike, sensors, autonomy, UAS, and counter-UAS solutions.

The successful candidate will focus on developing robust, innovative, modular software for real-time embedded airborne systems. You will work on various software products, including embedded flight software, analysis tools/simulations, mission planning software, and components of mission-critical systems. Your expertise will cover a range of computing technologies, hardware, interfaces, and development/debugging tools.

**Primary Responsibilities**

- Design and develop modern, object-oriented C++ embedded software for airborne computing subsystems.

- Collaborate with peer team members to develop software in accordance with software coding and safety standards.

- Create, execute, and automate unit and integration tests on software components.

- Work as part of an Agile software development team, participating in planning, task estimation, execution, and progress reporting.

- Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge with the team.

- Troubleshoot and resolve application issues and bugs.

- Contribute to team guides and technical data supporting development, test, and sustainment of fieldable software.

- Use GitLab CI/CD pipelines for configuration management, continuous integration, and automated testing.

**Basic Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.

- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.

- 0-18 years of relevant technical experience, including developing, integrating, testing, or troubleshooting embedded software or embedded-adjacent applications.

- Knowledge of software engineering practices, such as requirements analysis, configuration management, version control, coding standards, peer review, unit testing, continuous integration, integration testing, and software verification.

- Strong competency in detailed software design and coding in C, C++, Java, C#, Rust, or Python, with the ability to learn and effectively develop in modern C++.

- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and use of Agile tools, such as GitLab Ultimate, Atlassian Jira, Trello, or Monday.com.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills and professional character.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with applicable industry standards, such as IEEE 12207, CMMI, DO-178C and/or DO-278, RMF, MIL-STD-882.

- Experience using AI to assist with software coding, testing, and/or technical document generation.

- Ability to work across multiple products under development by multiple small teams.

- Experience with the design and implementation of time-critical software for integrated systems.

- Experience with hardware/software integration, board bring-up, and debugging using tools such as JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, logs, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, RTOS applications, or similar development tools.

**Pay Range:** $69,550.00 - $125,725.00

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- embedded software development
- Agile development methodologies
- GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- software engineering practices
- requirements analysis
- configuration management
- version control
- coding standards
- peer review
- unit testing
- continuous integration
- integration testing
- software verification

### Nice to have
- IEEE 12207
- CMMI
- DO-178C
- DO-278
- RMF
- MIL-STD-882
- AI-assisted software coding
- time-critical software design
- hardware/software integration
- JTAG debuggers
- logic analyzers
- protocol analyzers
- RTOS applications

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