Autonomous Systems Software Architect

Leidos currently has an opening for an Autonomous Systems Software Architect to provide technical software engineering expertise in the design, development and integration of Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) programs that address existing and emerging maritime missions of national importance for a broad range of customers across multiple Department of Defense agencies. This position is located at either the Lynnwood, WA or Poulsbo, WA office. Opportunities exist for mixed hybrid work opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on small teams from project inception to project delivery
• Coordinate with the project manager, customers, and other functional leads to develop schedules and budgets, allocate resources, and track and monitor progress
• Analyze software requirements and decompose into derived functional software requirements for a team to execute
• Design architectures for autonomous systems and vehicles
• Develop features for a software project based on derived software requirements and work with a team of engineers to estimate effort for these features
• Arbitrate challenging technical decisions with engineers by listening, understanding, and driving towards the best solution to meet the project requirements
• Work with other software project leads to develop consistent processes and spearhead changes and innovation for our software development processes and methodologies
• Engage engineers as a mentor for technical, communication, and executive skills on the team
• Provide guidance and support through the testing and evaluation process to ensure delivery of a high quality product

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10-16 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Advanced language skills in C++ within a Linux environment
• An eagerness to lead and mentor a group of senior and junior developers towards a successful product delivery
• Familiarity and basic understanding of Software Design Patterns
• Familiarity with MBSE Systems Modeling Language (SysML) tools such as Cameo or Magic Draw
• Experience with virtualized development and production environments (VMware, Docker, etc.)
• Experience with Agile-based methodologies using the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) or similar tools
• Ability to communicate and share ideas, concepts, designs, and technical plans with a team of engineers
• Constant integrity in working with our employees and customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Range of experience in languages such as C#, Java, Python, Rust, and others
• Experience and familiarity with embedded software development without an operating system
• Experience with system autonomy software in C++ or other languages
• Experience with testing code across multiple projects
• Ability to identify and resolve code defects in new and legacy code
• Background with the design, development, integration, and test of autonomous or remotely operated undersea vehicle systems
• Experience with ROS, Google Protocol Buffers, Python, SCons, and VSCode is a plus

Original Posting:March 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 $104,650.00 - $189,175.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.