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Leidos · 1 week ago

Software Engineer (C++)-Smart Mobility (Transportation)

McLean, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$95K/yr - $105K/yr

4+ years exp

Leidos is a company focused on improving transportation systems through innovative technologies. They are seeking a Mid-level Software Engineer (C++) to lead development for research prototypes and proof-of-concepts for intelligent transportation systems applications.

ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead development for research prototypes and proof-of-concepts for various intelligent transportation systems (ITS) applications across a variety of ITS devices, including vehicles, infrastructure, and cloud systems

Participate in and help shape our open-source software process, triaging and addressing issues reported by external users and evaluating 3rd party code contributions

Identify, document, and formulate approaches to addressing areas of technical debt

Conduct hands-on test events and demonstrations, on-site at TFHRC and off-site at test facilities

Analyze and assess the team’s existing ITS software systems to understand their architecture, and how they can be redesigned into more modular, scalable, and maintainable components

Contribute to internal best practices for software development and lead knowledge sharing to support adoption across development teams

Work with cross-functional internal team to determine technical feasibility of projects, breakdown project goals into software development tasks, and assist with overall effort and timeline estimation of planned work

Lead the execution of planned technical work, including design work, addressing unplanned technical challenges, and being responsive to changes in customer needs

Directly interact with on-site customer representatives and external stakeholders to communicate across technical disciplines as needed throughout a project’s life cycle

Qualification

C++CMakeAgileDockerGitJavaPythonLinuxSoftware quality techniquesDistributed computingCloud computingRobotics conceptsSimulation environments

Required

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States with proof of legal status and be eligible for a Public Trust Clearance, which includes THREE (3) consecutive years in the United States WITHIN THE LAST FIVE (5) years

A Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering with at a MINIMUM of 4 years of professional experience in C++ software development, or a Master's degree with at least 2 years of professional experience in C++ software development

Experience using CMake for building C++ packages

Experience with Git

Experience with Docker (including docker-compose)

Software development experience with Java and/or Python

Experience developing in an Agile framework using toolsets such as JIRA and Confluence

Proficiency in software quality techniques and practices (automated unit testing, test-driven design/development, CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, static code analysis tools, etc.)

Understanding of mathematical fundamentals, including geometry, linear algebra, probability, graph theory, set theory, and statistics