Radar Electronic Warfare Software Lead

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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.

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About Leidos Defense Systems Sector

The 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 worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions.

Primary Responsibilities

This 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

Bachelors degree in Engineering (Electrical or Computer Engineering preferred) with 48 years of relevant experience or a Masters degree with 26 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 U.S. citizen and possess an active Secret clearance.

Must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the HuntsvilleNorth Alabama region.

Preferred Qualifications

Radar Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and a Masters 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 youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were 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 $85150.00 - $153925.00

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.

Key Skills

IDS,Electronic Warfare,PCB,Military Experience,Mobile Devices,Surface Mount Technology,Assembly Experience,Schematics,Security System Experience,Soldering,Programmable Logic Controllers,Troubleshooting

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 85150 - 153925