Leidos currently has an opening for a Software Engineer to provide technical software engineering support in the design, development and integration of Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) programs that address existing and emerging maritime missions of national importance for a broad range of customers across multiple Department of Defense agencies. This position is located at our Poulsbo, WA office. Opportunities exist for mixed hybrid work opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide technical software engineering designs and implementations on small teams developing autonomy software for uncrewed underwater vehicles
- Provide detailed designs for features, write code and unit tests, and support the software integration efforts across cross-functional teams
- Work within an Agile software team to follow consistent lightweight processes and continuously improve on our practices and processes
- Work with other software engineers in a collaborative environment
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
- Language skills in C++ within a Linux environment
- Familiarity and basic understanding of Software Design Patterns
- Experience with virtualized development and production environments (VMware, Docker, etc.)
- Experience with Agile-based methodologies using the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) or similar tools
- Ability to communicate and share ideas, concepts, designs, and technical plans with a team of engineers
- Constant integrity in working with our employees and customers
- Able to obtain a Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Language skills in Java within a Linux environment
- Range of experience in languages such as C#, Python, Rust, and others
- Experience with system autonomy software in C++ or other languages
- Experience with testing code across multiple projects
- Ability to identify and resolve code defects in new and legacy code
- Background with the design, development, integration, and test of autonomous or remotely operated undersea vehicle systems
- Experience with ROS, Google Protocol Buffers, Python, SCons, and VSCode is a plus
Original Posting:April 11, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:Pay Range $67,600.00 - $122,200.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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