Description
Job Description:
Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and the health industries.
Leidos is seeking entry level Software Engineer to support Post Production Software Support (PPSS) and Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) engineering and technical services to the CECOM IEW&S Directorate Sensors and Mission Division (SMED) based in Aberdeen MD with operations located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
Successful candidates will support our customer in creating capabilities and providing technical services, subject matter expertise, and software solutions and services for platforms such as the Long-Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3), Biometric Automated Toolset Army (BAT-A), Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared (2GF), Persistent Surveillance System Tethered (PSS-T), and Common Sensor Payload (CSP), Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS), Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS), Tactical SIGINT Payload (TSP), Airborne Reconnaissance Low (ARL-E), Small Tactical Radar Lightweight (STARLite) and a full range of related Aerial Sensors Suite of Systems. This support is an essential in maintaining readiness for today’s modern platform sensor systems.
Primary Responsibilities
Will be responsible for writing and maintaining source code, creating and maintaining software applications and applying frameworks involved in a software release.
Duties include computer programming, documenting, managing configuration, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications and frameworks involved in a software release life cycle and resulting in a software product.
Capable of working independently or in a team lead capacity to design, develop, and maintain software for a variety of sensor applications.
Work with system engineers to understand their analytic or interface requirements.
Develop tools and interfaces.
Design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software applications..
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or other engineering or technical discipline and 1-2 years of prior relevant experience.
Have basic understanding and experience in the complete life-cycle of the software in military systems
Willing to travel up to 10% CONUS to support operational requirements
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated experience working within matrixed teams.
C#, C++, .net, Visual Basic
Microsoft Windows (7 and 10)
Ability at generating software engineering documentation
Capable of working individually or in small teams
Currently possess an active Secret
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with Virtual Machines (VMWare, etc.)
Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Python, plug-in architectures
MicroFocus Caliber, MicroFocus Unified Functional Testing (UFT) (formerly known as HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)), Jira, Confluence, Perforce Helix ALM Git / GitHub repositories
Experience with WiX (Visual Studio tool) for building installers
knowledge of VisualDSP++Familiar with NITF/STANAG standards
Pay Range:
Pay Range $50,700.00 - $78,000.00 - $105,300.00About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 45,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
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