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Your greatest work is ahead!Leidos' Defense Systems Persistent Surveillance Portfolio is seeking a highly experienced
Radar / Electronic Warfare Software Lead to oversee the technical execution of a large, multi-phase U.S. Air Force radar program with concurrent development, test, production, and sustainment activities.
If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!
About Leidos Defense Systems SectorThe Leidos Defense Systems Sector offers a broad portfolio of systems, solutions, and services spanning land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Our defense capabilities include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. We solve the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions.
Primary ResponsibilitiesThis position is based at Leidos' main campus in Huntsville, AL. The selected candidate will collaborate with executive leadership, program managers, chief engineers, technical staff, business development, and functional organizations across the Leidos enterprise to provide:
- Effective and efficient execution of new and existing programs supporting a broad range of Department of Defense customers and contractors.
- Leadership in growing a talented engineering team and mentoring junior engineers into strong technical contributors and future organizational leaders.
- Technical direction for maintaining and expanding software and firmware codebases for radar and electronic warfare sensor systems, including real-time system architectures and signal processing algorithms.
- Cultivation of existing customer relationships and development of new relationships to grow and strengthen our customer base.
Basic Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical or Computer Engineering preferred) with 4-8 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 2-6 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience working within a team to develop and integrate radar and/or electronic warfare sensor technology.
- Strong technical background in enabling technologies for RF and EW sensors, including real-time software, high-speed networking and/or storage technologies, and radar signal processing algorithms.
- Strong knowledge of C++ and object-oriented design principles.
- Solid software engineering background with experience defining and enforcing engineering best practices (configuration management, coding standards, code reviews, testability, and design for reusability).
- Ability to identify business development opportunities and support proposal activities.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville-North Alabama region.
Preferred Qualifications- Radar Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and a Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- Familiarity with MATLAB and CUDA.
- Familiarity with VHDL (preferred but not required).
- Experience in recruiting and interviewing technical staff.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:November 20, 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
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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