Software Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer to work for the Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) business unit. The SES business unit at Leidos designs and manufactures highly complex security equipment for use at border crossings, airports, seaports, and other transportation mechanisms. Our products include radiation detectors and spectrometers, X-ray and gamma ray scanners for cars, trucks and trains, and CT explosives detection equipment for airline passenger baggage. The ultimate goal for this position will be to update existing design as well as introduce new products to our already extensive line of security detection products. The products being developed through this effort are truly novel, and will make travel and trade safer, healthier, and more efficient on a global level.

The Software Engineer will work as part of a cross-functional team to develop and maintain x-ray cargo inspection systems for the Security and Transportation Technology business unit. Your role will be to design, develop, test, and maintain Windows client-server applications using C#. You will develop software following the company's Agile/XP processes and coding standards for new and existing products. Interact with Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Scientists to develop systems that are consistent with customer requirements. Utilize object oriented design principals, practices, and patterns to ensure our code base is reusable and maintainable. Use TDD to ensure the code base is tested and to enable refactoring in the future. Be proactive in leading group design discussions and/or grabbing another developer to pair program on non-trivial features/code. Report project status and issues to project lead and/or project manager as required. Evaluate customer problems, troubleshoot and assist Field Service Engineers, and help customers through problem resolution utilizing effective written and verbal communication skills. Propose new product concepts for evaluation, analyzing evolving needs and technology trends that indicate possible product improvements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with software developers and electrical engineers to write documentation and software to integrate with external data acquisition devices.
• Utilize test driven development, dependency injection and the notion of domain driven design to craft production quality reliable code.
• Participate in the Agile process.

Desired Qualifications:

• BS Degree and 4+ years of experience or Masters Degree with 2+ years experience. May consider additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must have the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance (US citizenship required).
• Must have a programming background with production product development experience in C# or Java.
• Must have object oriented design skills (OOD); …