Radar / Electronic Warfare Software Lead at Leidos
Huntsville, AL
$87,100–$157,450from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A technical leadership role focused on electronic warfare software for a U.S. Air Force program, based in Huntsville, AL. The position involves directing architecture, design, and development of real-time EW and radar software — covering RF sensing, signal processing, and countermeasures — across concurrent development, integration, test, and sustainment phases. It also includes mentoring engineers and contributing to business development efforts. Suits an experienced software leader with a background in real-time systems and C++.
Senior level · 4+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $130,897 (middle half $102,526–$165,828). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Electronic Warfare Software Lead' with no explicit seniority level in the title; the title states no level accordingly.
The JD requires the candidate to 'obtain a Secret and Top Secret security clearance' (not necessarily hold one currently); clearance is gated as a requirement. An active clearance is listed only under Preferred Qualifications.
Experience range is stated as '4-8 years' (Bachelor's) or '2-6 years' (Master's); total years minimum is set to 4 (the lower bound of the Bachelor's path).
This role has meaningful people-management and business-development responsibilities (mentoring teams, supporting proposals), which creates genuine ambiguity with 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers). However, the primary day-to-day work described is hands-on software architecture and development of EW systems, so 15-1252 is the primary classification.
CUDA and GPU acceleration, MATLAB, and FPGA/VHDL/Verilog appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
'Real-time systems' and 'signal processing' are named as concrete technical domains in the Basic Qualifications and are retained as required skills; 'high-throughput data processing architectures' is a generic concept and is omitted per instructions.
Degree requirement is Bachelor's in a specified engineering/CS field; the JD does not offer an equivalent-experience substitution, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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