# Electronic Warfare Software Lead

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Defence & Intelligence

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## Description

Leidos Defense Persistent Surveillance Portfolio is seeking an experienced Electronic Warfare Software Lead to drive the technical direction and execution of a large, multi-phase U.S. Air Force EW and radar program.

The selected candidate will partner with executive leadership, program managers, chief engineers, and cross-functional teams to:

- Lead the software architecture, design, and development of advanced electronic warfare systems, including RF sensing, signal processing, and countermeasure capabilities

- Provide technical leadership across the full software lifecycle, ensuring alignment with mission requirements, performance constraints, and system integration needs

- Oversee development of real-time, high-performance software supporting EW and radar platforms, including embedded and distributed systems

- Guide the evolution and sustainment of EW software frameworks, ensuring scalability, modularity, and reuse across programs

- Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team, fostering technical excellence and leadership development

- Collaborate with business development to shape EW-focused solutions, support proposals, and expand customer relationships

- Ensure adherence to software engineering best practices, including DevSecOps, automated testing, configuration management, and secure coding

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with 4-8 years of relevant experience or Master's with 2-6 years.

Required skills include:

- Experience with real-time systems, signal processing, and high-throughput data processing architectures

- Experience serving in a technical software leadership role

- Proficiency in C++ and object-oriented design, with experience in performance-critical applications

- Solid foundation in modern software engineering practices, including code reviews, CI/CD, and test-driven development

- Ability to contribute to technical strategy and business development efforts

- Strong organizational and communication skills

- Must be a U.S. citizenship

- Must be able to obtain a Secret and Top Secret security clearance

- Reside in or willingness to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area

Preferred qualifications include:

- Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

- Strong background in EW concepts, such as electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic support

- Demonstrated experience developing electronic warfare, RF systems, or radar software in a team-based environment

- Deep expertise in electronic warfare systems and architectures

- Experience with GPU acceleration (CUDA), MATLAB, or advanced algorithm development

- Familiarity with FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog) and hardware/software integration

- Experience leading teams and building high-performance engineering organizations

- Prior experience supporting U.S. Air Force or DoD EW programs

- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- object-oriented design
- real-time systems
- signal processing
- high-throughput data processing architectures
- software leadership
- DevSecOps
- automated testing
- configuration management
- secure coding

### Nice to have
- GPU acceleration (CUDA)
- MATLAB
- FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog)
- electronic warfare systems and architectures
- EW concepts

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