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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 16, 2026. L3Harris Technologies scores A on the Alion truth index.

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L3Harris Technologies is an American defense contractor formed in 2019 by the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation. It builds tactical radios and military communication systems, electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, space sensors and satellites, night vision devices, and uncrewed surface vessels, and owns the rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne. Its main customers are the United States Department of Defense and allied governments. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, United States.

Job Title: Lead, Software Engineering

Job Number: 45876

Job Location: Yorba Linda, CA

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour shifts 4 days a week

Job Description:

IEC, Navigation Solutions delivers advanced military GPS and broader Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capabilities that support mission requirements across weapon systems, ground platforms, airborne assets, maritime systems, and space environments. Navigation Solutions products are engineered to provide resilient PNT performance for the warfighter operating in denied or degraded environments. This role directly ensures that GPS receivers maintain mission effectiveness when exposed to adversarial threats and operational challenges.

A key responsibility of this role is to develop and debug robust embedded software to fulfill strict performance requirements related to GPS user equipment. This role expands beyond coding, testing and debugging, and includes analysis of requirements, producing detailed documentation, conducting proof-of-concept evaluation of design alternatives, conducting code reviews, and other similar tasks.

Successful candidates perform complex professional software engineering assignments requiring advanced problem-solving skills. This requisition, and any potential offer, is contingent upon the award of government contracts and adherence to contract budgets.

Essential Functions:

  • Provide technical leadership and hands-on support for C/C++ development for GPS and related equipment, including integration and debugging on target hardware
  • Lead documentation efforts, clearly communicating design concepts and demonstrating compliance to requirements
  • Provide technical leadership on new programs from conceptual design, through detailed design to completion
  • Provide technical leadership on legacy programs through incremental modification, analysis, and test of existing solutions
  • Lead interpretation of customer specifications to define requirements for software design
  • Lead code reviews and provide technical guidance for other engineers on the software development team
  • Contribute to external proposals and customer engagement efforts as needed
  • Ability to obtain a SECRET clearance

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent, and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience in the design and analysis of realtime embedded software. Master of Science or advanced degree preferred and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in working as a team lead, technical lead, and/or subject matter expert for an embedded software development project
  • 5+ years of experience as a technical contributor working with DoD / DoW customers or subcontractors
  • 6+ years of C/C++ coding and debugging

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Working knowledge of modern GPS concepts including signal selection, acquisition and tracking, Position, Velocity, and Time (PVT) calculation, data demodulation, signal correction, jamming and spoofing
  • Experience with development or analysis of navigation, anti-spoofing cryptographic systems, or signal processing related to GPS systems
  • Experience in architecting, developing, and integrating real-time embedded software for GPS user equipment, including on target hardware
  • Experience analyzing or designing algorithms for inertial measurement, signal processing, linear algebra, feedback control, estimation / filtering / detection, or similar
  • Prior experience with real-time embedded operating systems for Modular Open Source (MOSA) software development
  • Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and related toolchains
  • Familiarity with Defense industry typical documentation and milestone reviews
  • Experience in software development using Agile / Scrum methodologies
  • Experience with common SW tasking and review tools including Jenkins / Bambo, Jira, and Git
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Work is performed on-site in Yorba Linda, with 4/10 schedule preferred. Additional work schedules of 5/8 or 9/80 are also considered.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $135,000.00 - $250,500.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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