Embedded Software Test Engineer

Job #: R-00069190
Location: Linthicum, MD
Category: Software Engineering
Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time
Travel Required: No
Shift: Day
Potential for Telework: No
Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph
Referral Eligibility : Eligible
Referral Bonus Amount: $5000
Group: Intelligence

Embedded SW developer assisting in the design, development, testing and certification of the next generation family of cryptographic modules used for securing data for high profile applications.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED : Active TSSCI with Polygraph.

US Citizenship required

Basic Qualifications

• 12 (Twelve years) of embedded software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study (an additional four years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with C/C++ and/or Python

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GitLab
• Experience with Bash and/or Tcl/TK scripts
• Familiarity with the Information Assurance Security Requirements Document (IASRD) and NSA Type 1 software security development practices

Pay Range:

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Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets.

The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $12.30 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2021.

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