**Description** Leidos is seeking qualified candidates with embedded software engineering backgrounds to serve as a team member in support of U.S. Government and commercial contracts for software design, development, testing, integration, documentation and maintenance. The work is based in St. Petersburg, FL. The Software Engineer III will assist in the development of mission critical software from requirements development through implementation and integration test. The engineer will be part of a software development team utilizing object-oriented design methodologies. The primary focus of this position will be the design and implementation of real time embedded software supporting sensor integration, data fusion and tracking over software defined radio communication networks. Tasking and responsibilities will vary depending on project objectives. Specific tasks include: Software Development and Integration with new and existing Hardware and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs); Software/Hardware Integration & Testing; Test System Design and Development; and Integration & Validation of Product Designs; Primary Responsibilities Support all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system design, software development, integration and test, documentation, and maintenance, for complex software system/applications. + Participate in the designing, coding and testing of software to support real time, embedded, software systems. + Ensure that developed code is modifiable, efficient, reliable, and fault tolerant + Perform integration and test of software on varying hardware platforms + Develop, test, debug and document embedded software enabling custom electronic systems to perform all functions necessary to meet overall system objectives. + Develop and implement test plans to verify that each embedded software function performs as intended. Utilize commercial test tools or develop and adapt custom hardware and software to exercise and debug embedded software. + Analyze system requirements and develop an implementation plan complete with functional definitions and reasoned allocation of those functions between hardware and software components. + Design and develop complete system test plans to prove that all system requirements are being met and are properly implemented. + Develop systems and software testing and integration processes in support of new systems or new baseline deployments and align with Enterprise systems engineering and integration processes + Provide systems test and integration support in the implementation of new systems or new baseline deployments + Evaluate risks and impacts of proposed systems testing and integration processes + Execute test and integration activities + Support configuration control of systems testing and integration requirements + Support evaluation and documentation of testing and integration activities, including evaluation of requirements satisfaction. Basic Qualifications + Requires BS degree in CS, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar and 4 – 6 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 – 4 years of prior relevant experience. + Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance + Minimum of 4+ years of embedded software development experience through all phases of Software Engineering including requirements, design, code, test and integration + 4 to 8 years of experience with C/C++ and Python + 4 to 8 years of Linux experience + Real-time software development experience + Hardware-software integration (system integration) Preferred Qualifications + Experience in Agile development methods, including Scrum + Software-defined radio & FPGA architectures + Commercial wireless standards, geolocation techniques + Software configuration management/automation tools (Git, Bitbucket, or Artifactory) + Python and C/C++, Eclipse IDE + Xilinx and/or Altera + Kubernetes + Docker + Linux-Based Operating Systems **Original Posting Date:** 2024-11-18 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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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. REQNUMBER: R-00148213 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.