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Software Engineer C++

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In-Office
Tewksbury, MA
85K-154K Annually
Mid level
In-Office
Tewksbury, MA
85K-154K Annually
Mid level
Develop and maintain C++ software for aviation security products, troubleshoot applications, optimize performance, and collaborate in a diverse team environment.
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Leidos is looking for a talented Software Engineer to support new product development at Security Enterprise Solutions.

As a Software Engineer on our diverse and collaborative team, you will work alongside our expert Scientists and Engineers who belong to cross functional discipline, contributing to Leidos products with global impact on aviation security screening. You’ll be honing your engineering skills with instrumentation domain products, real-time programming, and object-oriented design, all with the support of a management team focused on your professional growth and advancement.

Working under general supervision in a diverse team, your primary responsibility will be to develop, modify and troubleshoot multi-tiered distributed applications and systems. The duties and responsibilities may change from time to time without notice and include but are not limited to the duties described below.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable C++ code using good OOP/OOAD techniques for our systems.
  • Optimize, identify bottlenecks, bugs, and devise solutions to problems including:
    • Maintain code quality, leverage and extend code, revision control and organization
    • Analyze customer issues and identify and implement solutions.
    • Participate and contribute within a defined software development process.
  • Occasional travel to customer sites may be required.  Travel may be domestic and international.

Basic Qualifications:

Software Engineering candidate shall participate in the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging of 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.

Typical Education & Experience:

  • Develops solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple area or disciplines.
  • Regularly employs ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives.
  • Communicates with internal team members across multiple areas and client team members.
  • Works to influence project/team leaders regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
  • Requires expert knowledge of and ability to apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.
  • Bachelor's degree with 4-8 years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of education.
  • Working knowledge of C++ and OOP/OOAD
  • Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design solutions.
  • Understanding of memory management, multicore processors, and distributed systems design.
  • Experience with TCP/UDP socket programming, PLC software interface, DMA controllers and maintaining device drivers.   

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience writing/debugging socket programming.
  • Interfacing with hardware and real-time debugging.
  • Graphics Design, GUI development
  • Experience developing software with Linux based OS (RedHat distribution preferred) and Qt 5 or above programming language.
  • GPU Programming with CUDA and/or OpenGL.
  • Good working knowledge of SQL.
  • Working knowledge of Cybersecurity.
  • Working knowledge of networking solutions.
  • Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD pipeline.
  • Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:December 4, 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 $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.

Top Skills

C++
Ci/Cd
Cuda
DevOps
Linux
Ooad
Oop
Opengl
Qt
SQL

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