Embedded Software Engineer

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Summary: This role involves designing, developing, and integrating hardware/software for advanced embedded systems in Electronic Warfare, focusing on high-performance software for novel SoC products. Highlights: 1. Contribute to advanced embedded systems design and development 2. Build high-performance software for extreme system requirements 3. Join experts implementing signal processing on custom SoC hardware Apply Now Description Today, Electronic Warfare is a growing enterprise - protecting the warfighter and our nional security against ever-adapting thres. Our Electronic Warfare division currently has an exciting opportunity for an Embedded Software Engineer to perform design, development, and hardware/software integrion in San Diego, CA. Leidos is a DOD leader in electronic design and chiplet manufacture. Our division primarily focuses on research & development and advanced prototyping, transforming ste-of-the-art processing algorithms into real-time software systems. Projects involve small multi-disciplinary teams of engineers working together in spiral or agile development environments to meet aggressive customer schedules aimed near-term field demonstrions. Leidos utilizes its proprietary design methodology for hardware software co-design to manufacture custom SoC and IP for high performance applicions. In this role, the Embedded Software Engineer will build high-performance software to meet extreme system requirements. They will be responsible for designing and implementing components to support software development kits th are delivered directly to end users to support quick adoption and ease of use for novel SoC products. This role will require the ability to deeply understand hardware architectures to execute validion and verificion testing, a crucial step to ensure hardware and software performance meets customer expections. Join a team of experts in implementing high-performance signal processing on custom system-on-chip (SoC) hardware and building the tools th enable analysis, rapid prototyping, and deployment of cutting-edge algorithms.   The successful candide will be responsible for: Contributing to the design and development of advanced embedded systems as a part of multidisciplinary teams. These teams are made up of other software team members and subject mter experts from the areas of systems engineering, hardware, firmware, RF front-end design, and signal processing. Developing software for a variety of microarchitectures, including DSP, ARM, or RISC-V Developing software for multi-core embedded systems ranging from bare metal to minimal real-time opering systems to Linux environments Reading and comprehending dasheets to understand expected hardware operion Building and documenting test plans, test procedures, and software requirements specificions Writing low level code (e.g. C) to interface with Control Stus Registers (CSRs) and hardware components Writing software to valide hardware performance and operion under nominal and stress conditions Building software using test driven development (TDD) methodologies Documenting software performance results against key performance requirements for da-plane and control-plane processing Understanding software use in high-level system design for real time software in operional systems Clearly communicing technical details of software APIs and test results to internal and external engineers At Leidos we value passion for learning. If you believe you have wh it takes to succeed in this role and are eager to learn, we encourage you to apply.   The successful candide will have the following basic educion/experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science, or reled discipline 4+ years of software development experience, including strong experience in C/C++ software development for embedded systems Experience using Integred Development Environments (e.g. VS Code, Eclipse) Experience with build tools (e.g. GCC, CMake, or Make) Strong understanding of hardware-software interaction and basic computer architecture (e.g. Stack, Heap, Pointers) Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git, Subversion) and continuous integrion software tools (e.g. Jenkins) Experience with software testing tools and methodologies Experience in creing and maintaining technical documention for developed software Ability to communice and share ideas, concepts, and designs with a team of engineers Understanding of unit test frameworks and test-driven development practices Comfortable working in Linux development environments Demonstred ability and motivion to continually learn new technical skills and concepts ** Must have active Secret level security clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI ** Bonus educion/experience:  Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent Active security clearance higher than the Secret level Experience with other programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, or another OOP language Ability to debug embedded systems using tools like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers Experience developing drivers for hardware interfaces (e.g. GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe) Experience with multiple embedded instruction set architectures (e.g. ESP32, Raspberry PI, Arduino, RISCV) Experience using hardware debugging software and tools such as OpenOCD, J-Link, or SEGGER NKE Electronic Warfare If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the stus 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 step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: March 25, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipes th this job requisition will remain open for least 3 days with an anticiped close de of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting de 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 compension or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, educion, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market da, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com. Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Th's why we craft compension packages th reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compension, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits. Securing Your Da Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-reled informion during any part of the employment applicion process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communice with you through emails th are genered by the Leidos.com automed system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos th asks for payment-reled informion or any other personal informion (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediely by emailing us LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Commitment to Non-Discriminion All qualified applicants will receive considerion for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, nional origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic informion, pregnancy, family structure, marital stus, ancestry, domestic partner stus, sexual oriention, gender identity or expression, veteran or military stus, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. Apply Now