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L3Harris Technologies

Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech

Lead Software Engineering

Embedded EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePalm Bay, FL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of prior relevant experience, or a graduate degree and at least 7 years of prior related experience; alternatively, at least 13 years of prior related experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Active Secret U.S. security clearance.
  • Preferred experience includes embedded security and encryption.
  • Ability to understand and work with network storage, and understanding of Gigabit Ethernet or InfiniBand.
  • Working knowledge of authentication schemes from Radius to LDAP.
  • Relevant integration and test experience on complex military systems.
  • Software leadership experience, such as CSWE, IPTL, or CAM experience.
  • Experience with hardware and software integration and test.
  • DevSecOps and test automation experience using Python or similar languages.
  • Eight or more years of embedded development experience.
  • Experience with APIs, BSPs, drivers, OpenGL and/or Vulkan, health and status, Precision Time Protocol version 2 (PTPv2), H.264, or ARINC-818.
  • Eight or more years of C++ systems development experience, with understanding of software/hardware co-design, distributed systems design, and software/computer architecture.
  • Six or more years of avionics lifecycle execution experience.
  • Five or more years of safety-critical software development experience using DO-178B or above industry standards.
  • Working knowledge of Bash and Python; Intel x86, ARM, FPGA, and SoC; GPP and GPU; embedded system design; release engineering; change and configuration management; debug/trace analysis; real-time operating systems such as VxWorks, LynxOS, and Integrity; SELinux; software integration, test, and verification/validation.
  • Full software development lifecycle experience, including requirements flow-down and decomposition, allocation to design, translation to code, hardware/software integration, design verification/product qualification, transition to production, fielded product support, and changes for component obsolescence.
  • Experience using tools and processes to support structured workflows, including requirements management, configuration management, workflow, and change control.
  • Familiarity with a Linux development environment and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Develop software using existing tools, including C and C++.
  • Perform requirements, testing, systems architecture, software architecture, and design work.
  • Use testing tools that may include Python test frameworks and software coverage tools.
  • Support development of the mission systems integration architecture.
  • Support customer deployments.
  • Work with cross-functional engineering organization members to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, operational performance requirements, and overall system design.
  • Travel to a customer site in St. Louis, Missouri, for program meetings if in a software leadership role; no immediate travel is expected.

About the Company

L3Harris Technologies

Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech

L3Harris Technologies provides advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems for governments and commercial customers. Its products include sensors, communications, and propulsion—such as tactical radios, night-vision gear, satellite payloads, missile defense, and space propulsion—delivered as integrated systems for operations across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company blends legacy technologies from two joining giants with newer capabilities, faster acquisition cycles, and a focus on missiles, space, and resilient communications to field solutions quickly. Its goal is to be a trusted, scale-ready provider of next‑generation defense and intelligence capabilities for national security and related customers.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Melbourne, FL
Founded
1895

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