Electronic Warfare Integrator

About the role

Leidos Defense Open Air Sensors Division is seeking an Electronic Warfare Integrator to drive the technical direction and execution of a large, multi-phase U.S. Air Force EW and radar program. The role covers concurrent development, integration, test, production and sustainment, focusing on software and hardware integration, system test and evaluation, and system-level debugging. The position is based at Leidos' main campus in Huntsville, AL.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership, program managers, chief engineers and cross-functional teams to integrate across engineering disciplines covering architecture, design and development of advanced electronic warfare systems, including RF sensing, signal processing and countermeasure capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership across the full software lifecycle, aligned with mission requirements, performance constraints and system integration needs.
• Operate and execute critical testing of real-time, high-performance software for EW and radar platforms, including embedded and distributed systems.
• Deploy radar systems, boot test software, run open-air experiments, report on their results and drive technical recommendations to improve the systems.
• Ensure adherence to software engineering best practices, including DevSecOps, automated testing and configuration management.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field with 4-8 years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 2-6 years.
• Experience testing or integrating systems across multiple technical domains.
• Experience operating containerized Linux software and deploying software to air-gapped systems.
• U.S. citizen with an active Secret clearance or ability to obtain a Secret and Top Secret clearance; must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area.
• Preferred: prior experience supporting U.S. Air Force or DoD EW programs, and an active Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Required skills

• Preferred: experience with system engineering, test planning and execution, and operating systems at government test ranges.
• Preferred: demonstrated experience developing EW, RF or radar software in a team, and expertise in EW systems and architectures.
• Preferred: CI/CD, test-driven development, C++ and object-oriented design, CUDA, MATLAB, VHDL/Verilog, FPGA development, and leadership of engineering teams.

The pay range is $87,100 - $157,450, depending on experience and other factors.