Job Description

Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
Are you ready for your next career challenge?
The Non-Kinetic Effects Business Area, part of the Defense Sector at Leidos, currently has an opening for a cleared Software Engineer to work in our Beavercreek, OH Office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Air Force Research Lab, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, and other DoD missions. Your role will be to support our diverse portfolio of programs through a combination of software design and development, hardware interfacing and integration, laboratory experimentation, ground and flight testing to deploy cutting edge, next generation solutions.
Primary Responsibilities.
Design, develop and maintain mission-critical software in support of national defense, and intelligence gathering products for both airborne and ground-based systems
Responsible for performing the software engineering function, including the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging software programs for enhancements and new software-intensive systems and products. Applies appropriate principles, standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the software development life cycle.
Duties include software requirements analysis, analysis of hardware compatibility, development of software products and tools used for design, development and maintenance of infrastructure, and platforms.
Develops technical solutions that require collaboration with internal experts, deep analyses and understanding of impact on end-product/solution.
Develops solutions to technical problems and issues that are unclear and require deep technical knowledge.
Participate in laboratory, ground and flight testing to validate software
Document and communicate proposed software solutions with integrated, cross-functional engineering teams in a fast paced highly technical environment
Works independently to achieve day-to-day objectives with significant impact on operational results or project deliverables.
Responsible for entire projects or processes within a technical area.
Stay up to date on state-of-the-art programming techniques and software technologies
Participate in software design and code reviews to ensure delivery of quality products and enhance skillsets
Basic Qualifications.

• Bachelor's degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 2-4 years of experience in software engineering, computer engineering or related field.

• Experience programming in one or more of the following languages: C++, Java, Python

• Experienced in systems integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of complex system problems

• Experience working in a SIL environment

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally from informal one-on-one discussions or in a small group environment.

• Work well within a team and independently with minimal supervision.

• Ability to work within a dynamic work environment, ability to handle multiple tasks at once (multi-task)

• Requires deep understanding of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of technical domain and has broad understanding of other related specialty areas.

• Strong desire to grow and learn new technologies.

• Must be a US Citizen.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Security Clearance Requirements.

• Must be a US Citizen

• Must have an active DoD Secret level security clearance

Preferred Qualifications.
Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
Familiar with Agile Methodologies, preferably SCRUM or Kanban
Experience with Atlassian tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket
Experience with model and simulation environments to support simulation and test
Experience with Live and Virtual Constructive environments to understand complex systems and troubleshooting points for integration
Familiarity with DoD Open Architectures such as OMS and SOSA
Experience with containerization technologies such as docker or podman
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience developing and deploying to offline environments
Strong understanding of Linux systems
Experience with Unit Testing and CI/CD
Strong understanding of IP based network protocols such as TCP, UDP, and HTTP
Prior experience working with the DoD
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.
We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don't wear capes (they're a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for "how it's always been done."
Original Posting: December 24, 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
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.

Skills Required