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About L3Harris
L3Harris Technologies is a US aerospace and defense technology company providing space and airborne systems, communications, electronic warfare, and missile propulsion solutions for government and commercial customers.
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The Lead Software Engineer - Maritime Sonar Systems joins a trailblazing team to drive the adoption of agile software engineering practices within the encryption business. This leadership role involves building engineering pipelines to facilitate high-quality software development, defining organizational standards, and advising executive leadership on software engineering strategy and process maturity. The successful candidate will oversee the full software development lifecycle, mentor technical leaders, and use data-driven analysis to improve organizational performance. Key competencies include experience with cryptographic algorithms, memory-safe programming languages like Rust, RESTful API service design, and real-time embedded software development using interfaces like I2C, RS232, CAN, and Ethernet. The role addresses the technical challenge of developing high-assurance encryption products within a regulated, mission-critical defense environment requiring an active DOD Secret security clearance.
Build an engineering pipeline to facilitate efficient, traceable, and high-quality software development.
Define and improve software engineering processes, standards, tools, and governance across multiple programs.
Advise leadership on software engineering strategy, process maturity, and organizational capability.
Provide guidance and oversight to software teams throughout the entire development lifecycle.
Identify systemic gaps and risks in software performance and lead actions to improve predictability.
Review software development plans, technical approaches, and cost and schedule estimates for alignment with best practices.
Use data-driven analysis to monitor organizational performance and implement continuous improvement actions.
Mentor technical leaders and engineering teams to foster a culture of technical excellence.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 15 years of relevant experience, a graduate degree and 13 years of experience, or 19 years of experience without a degree.
Broad and progressive software engineering experience with significant leadership responsibility across multiple teams, programs, or organizational units.
Proven ability to influence senior engineering, program, and business leaders and drive change across functional and program boundaries.
Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, coding, integration, test, release, and sustainment.
Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills to communicate with both technical and executive audiences.
Experience operating in a regulated, mission-critical, or highly disciplined engineering environment.
Active and existing US DOD Secret security clearance required to start.
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Green Hills Integrity
Rust
UML
IBM Rhapsody
MagicDraw
Cameo
EVMS
SDLC
Cryptography
Device Drivers
Board Support Packages
DO-178
Information Assurance
Embedded Software
Agile
Scrum
DevOps
I2C
RS232
CAN
Ethernet
Information Assurance
EVMS
Encryption
Safety Critical Systems
Video Communications
Basis of Estimate
Risk Registry
C++
Rust
Go
Typescript
React
Embedded Software
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Simulation
Data Processing
Systems Engineering
Algorithms
Data Structures
Concurrency
Hardware-in-the-loop
Software Design
C++
Rust
Go
Typescript
React
Embedded Software
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Simulation
Data Processing
Systems Engineering
Algorithms
Data Structures
Concurrency
Hardware-in-the-loop
Software Design
C++
Rust
Go
TypeScript
React
AI
Computer Vision
Sensor Fusion
Robotics
Embedded Software
Modeling and Simulation
Systems Engineering
Data Analysis
Software Design
Concurrency
Algorithms
Data Structures
Hardware-in-the-loop