Joining our team offers the opportunity to work with experts in their field and grow your career in an area that is appealing to you. You will quickly become an integral member of our team and be given the opportunity to take responsibility for challenging problems of your own. Because of this, we seek team members that are driven and engaged in their work while simultaneously demonstrating high character, given that you will often be working on sensitive and unique problems which require a high degree of trust from our customers. In addition, this position also allows opportunities to take on greater roles and responsibilities such as task lead, team lead, and technical lead-or opportunities for growth into management roles.

Primary Responsibilities

Work closely with a team of engineers and scientists to solve problems in a variety of disciplines to include microprocessor and microcontroller architectures, FPGA architectures, design of digital circuits, VLSI design, electronic design automation (EDA), software programming, and hardware security (counterfeit circuit detection, hardware trojans, side-channel analysis, etc.) applications. The candidate is expected to have the ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. The job requires a candidate with the following abilities:

• Interpret and understand complex engineering requirements and translate them into functional embedded systems engineering code

• Support the download of firmware from flash storage and interpret and assess for vulnerabilities

• Develop software documentation and maintain version control of developed firmware

• Work collaboratively with lead software engineers and managers to implement and improve firmware reusability

• Develop both application and test software to ensure software quality and functionality in Army Hardware

• Participate in design reviews for both hardware and software, by understanding product schematics, layouts and microcontroller architecture.

Basic Qualifications

Must possess a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or an equivalent engineering or science degree and 4-8 years relevant experience or MS degree and 2-6 years in a relevant field.

Must be a United Stated citizen, able to maintain a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL, area.

Preferred Qualifications

In addition to the qualifications listed above, the ideal candidate should be a strong communicator and highly organized, demonstrating the ability to be accountable for small projects that contribute higher.

Preference may be given to candidates with experience in the following areas:

• Microchip dsPIC, STM32, and Arm Cortex M0/M4 processors
• Communication buses (J1939 CAN Bus, RS232/UARTS, I2C, SPI, Modbus
• Advanced peripherals (ADC, PWM, GPIO, Timers, Capture Compare, etc.)
• PI and PID control loop design
• Git tools for version control and collaboration.

Preference may be given to candidates with one of more of the following: recent stellar academic performance; relevant experience working in protective technologies; a SECRET clearance or higher.

Original Posting Date:

2024-12-12
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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

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.