Lead, Software Engineering

Location: Greenville, TX, US

Employment Type: Full-Time

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Job Title: Lead, Software Engineering

Job Code: 43066

Job Location: Greenville, Texas On-site

Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular: Off every other Friday, 1st Shift 

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Software Engineer to join our team in Greenville, Texas. This role is for a hands-on technical leader who can design, develop, integrate, troubleshoot, and deliver Linux-based mission software for complex Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in mission software, system-of-systems integration, and Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps), and can help lead technical execution across different engineering organizations teams. If you enjoy solving hard integration problems, mentoring engineers, and building operational capability that matters to the customer, this is a strong fit.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the design, development, implementation, integration, and sustainment of Linux-based mission software in complex system-of-systems environments.
• Develop and debug software using object-oriented and high-level languages such as C++, Java, Python, and Bash.
• Support mission software integration across software, hardware, networking, storage, and mission interface boundaries.
• Work closely with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Integration and Test, cybersecurity, and program teams to deliver technical solutions in lab and operational environments.
• Perform software coding, code review, debugging, unit testing, and software component integration.
• Support Agile development and Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) practices, including continuous integration and continuous delivery, automated testing, static code analysis, and security scan remediation.
• Contribute to software architecture, technical planning, interface definition, and design decisions for mission-focused products and subsystems.
• Troubleshoot software and hardware issues involving communications systems, networked components, operating system behavior, and integrated mission platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across design, implementation, troubleshooting, and integration activities.
• Support continuous improvement, process innovation, and lessons learned activities across the engineering organization.
• Ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret (TS) security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, or graduate degree and minimum 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum 13 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum 8 years of software development experience in Linux environments.
• Experience developing in C++ and/or Java.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Experience with software component design, development, integration, and debugging in distributed or system-of-systems environments.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active DoD Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.
• Experience on Aerospace, Defense, or ISR programs.
• Experience integrating mission software with communications systems, radio frequency systems, computer and network infrastructure, storage systems, multi-level security systems, or mission interface designs.
• Experience with automated test frameworks, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, static analysis tools, and secure software delivery workflows.
• Experience with containerization, virtualization, and hybrid computing environments such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with software and hardware troubleshooting in integrated lab or operational environments.
• Experience with multithreaded, parallel, and/or graphics processing unit programming.
• Experience with Google Protocol Buffers, socket programming, and message-based or distributed software architectures.

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