Within the Defense Sector, the Kinetic Effects Business Area at Leidos currently has an opening for a talented Aviation Embedded Software Engineer to work in our Huntsville office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to help develop software for tactical strike, sensors, CUAS, and UAS solutions. ​This position focuses on the development of robust, innovative software frameworks, as well as the fielding, support, and maintenance of software products. Software products range from analysis tools/simulations, mission planning software, and components of mission-critical systems. Primary Responsibilities - This position involves conceptual design across the full stack of software for airborne systems, embedded software architectural design, code implementation, team peer review, unit testing, cohesive integration of loosely coupled software modules within subsystems and across distributed networks, use of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, and development of software tools, harnesses, and infrastructures to support a fully integrated solution. - Direct communication with customers, end users, internal stakeholders, and team members will be required on a frequent basis. Basic Qualifications - Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. - Candidate should have 8+ years of relevant technical experience or 6+ years with MS degree. - Have a proven track record of implementing software according to high quality development principles. - Candidate must demonstrate a strong competency in software development in either C, C++, Java, or Python programming languages. - Working knowledge of inter-process communication, multithreaded programming, and memory management. - Have experience writing unit and integration tests with unit test frameworks. - Possess an aptitude for the technical skillsrequired for software development, configuration management, and software quality engineeringconcepts. - Have strong analytical and process improvement skills along with apersonal drive for details and quality workmanship. - Possess an aptitude for the technical skillsrequired for software test and software quality engineeringconcepts. - Candidate is expected to accept constructive feedback from more senior software team members. - Demonstrate familiarity with Microsoft Office(Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). - Have excellent teamwork and communication skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience working under a disciplined software engineering process. - The ability to work across multiple products under development by multiplesmall teams. - Familiarity with embedded software such as device drivers, board support packages, boot loaders, Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), and Hardware Description Language (HDL). - Familiarity with hardware such as microcontrollers, single board computers, common peripheral interfaces, and hardware test equipment. Original Posting: July 30, 2026 Pay Range: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 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.