Software Engineer

at  Leidos

Description

Leidos is seeking a Software Engineer to work for the Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) business unit in Vista, CA. 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.

• We are seeking candidates local to Vista CA that have the ability to work a hybrid schedule (3 days remote, 2 days onsite)

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.

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 strong programming background with production product development experience in C# or Java.
• Must have strong object oriented design skills (OOD); knowledge and experience using Design Patterns and object oriented design principals is highly desired.
• Must be open to using XP practices and following an Agile process.
• Must be able to create design documentation, requirements specifications, and other technical documentation.
• Must have strong troubleshooting/bug fixing skills.
• You must be able to work and communicate proactively and effectively in a small cross-functional development team environment.
• Working knowledge and experience:
• C-Sharp 8.0
• Dot net framework 4.8
• Test driven development and unit test suites
• Domain driven design
• IPv4 networking
• Kubernetes
• Containers
• Microsoft SQL Server – Transact SQL
• Visual Studio 2019, 2022
• ReSharper
• Windows Presentation Foundation
• RabbitMQ – Advanced Message Queuing Protocol
• Agile development process

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with XP practices, particularly TDD using xUnit or some derivative. Familiarity with OO design patterns, design of loosely coupled extensible architectures, n-tier development. Experience identifying code smells and utilizing refactoring techniques to reduce entropy in the code base. Experience with a documented form of design such as UML. Experience with revision control (e.g. Subversion) and Agile software process experience (i.e. SCRUM).
• Multi-threading experience is also highly desirable. Interfacing with real-time systems. Image processing background is strongly desired.
  As a member of the Leidos Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) team, you will be joining a diverse and dedicated group who are excited about producing industry leading screening technology. Our team produces a comprehensive suite of fully automated and integrated products for aviation, shipping ports, border crossings, and critical infrastructure customers. These systems provide threat detection by screening baggage, cargo, and people at checkpoints around the world.

• 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.